Dewberry Farm

This year, the kids and I visited Dewberry Farm in Brookshire, Texas.  Dewberry is more of a commercial "fall festival" kind of place rather than a real farm, but the kids really enjoyed all of the fun "farm" features--animals, hay ride (minus the hay), train ride, and lots of fun playground equipment.  It was actually a chilly day for Texas October--high of about 70--so the weather was really nice for being outside.  (Trust me, most days in October still aren't that pleasant in Texas.)  

Charlotte tried out the rope swing and landed in a pile of hay below.

Grey just enjoyed the hay from below, mostly because all the big kids there wouldn't give him a chance at a swing.

Giddy up, cowgirl!

I love Grey's serious cowboy face in this picture.  "Being a cowboy ain't easy ..."

Watching the sunset in the West.  Or something.

Not the best idea for a pregnant lady, but still fun.  And better than watching your unaccompanied toddler throw himself from the moving train since there were no seatbelts.

Enjoying the baby chicks

And last but not least, enjoying the "pumpkin patch."  I was a little disappointed to find that Dewberry's patch was actually just a trimmed field where they had laid out a bunch of pumpkins they shipped in.  But it still kind of gives the effect, I guess.

"Hooray!  Pumpkins!"

Somebody was really feeling the pumpkin love this year.  Unfortunately, this mama couldn't carry two kids and a gigantic pumpkin all the way back to the car, so we didn't bring one home from the farm.

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But the kids got to pick out some more a week later at a local patch when Daddy came with us.