On our way back from running errands in the Square, Charlie noticed that one of our neighbors has “pumpins” already set up in their front walkway. She was completely transfixed. Looks like we’d better get ours out sooner rather than later!!
Charlie modeling her Gap Outlet sweater dress and Target fake uggs…
After all that climbing, Charlie needed to wet her whistle at the nearest Starbucks (and who are we kidding, so did Mommy)…
What a big girl!!
Today I had some errands to run at the mall, so we spent the morning braving the 50-60 degree weather…yippee!! FINALLY!! Charlie loved climbing on the dragon tunnel with all the big kids. She’s wearing her Baby Gap “Treehouse” dress that I scored on eBay LAST fall…I think it fits her much better this year…and it has a hood, which you know is always a plus in her book.
Flashback Charlie…
Real Time Charlie…
Charlie in a little Baby Gap…
Check out all of the amazing pumpkins!! Because Charlie and I are going on a couple more outings like this (apple orchard with friends, pumpkin patch with Mom’s Group) and have plans to carve pumpkins later in October, we refrained from pumpkin-picking today.
Don’t worry, we didn’t come home empty-handed…we stocked up on apple cider donuts at the cafe and guess what I got on the way home??
Yup, a Pumpkin Spice Latte, my first of the season. Yum.
Didier Farms also boasts some toddler-friendly rides. The “Fun Slide” WAS pretty fun, despite what looks like a torrential downpour behind it. The Corn Maze train was interesting in that we got stuck in the mud halfway through the journey and some men had to come and push the train the rest of the way. Vann thought it’d be funny to quote some lines from “Children of the Corn”…um, not so funny…
After a particularly horrendous temper tantrum in the Egg Harbor Cafe after our shoot, we debated just calling it a wash and heading home…but I had my heart set on visiting a pumpkin patch/apple orchard as a family, so we rolled the dice, and luckily, it did not disappoint. Didier Farms, in Lincolnshire, is only a short drive from Lake Forest and is such a great destination for little ones!! They have everything there, including a “menagerie” of exotic animals, a pumpkin bouncey house, a spooky Halloween shop, and a petting zoo.Our first stop was the petting zoo. Charlie LOVED it, and her attitude changed immediately when she and Daddy got down and dirty with the goats and chickens. You’ll notice she’s wearing her new pumpkin shirt that I found on Etsy. Our first seasonal outfit!! Love it!!
