Field Trip to the Pumpkin Farm

We went on a field trip today to the Ganyard Hill Pumpkin Farm. The kids had so much fun with their friends. There was a corn maze, a cotton field, a soybean maze, a corn crib (think a giant sand box but with corn kernals instead of sand), a hay ride, a hay maze and a giant hay mountain to climb and slide down. The kids even got to pick their own pumpkin out of the patch to bring home as a souviner.


Max shucking his corn.

Ellie in the corn maze.

Ellie on the hay ride.

Max covered in hay.

In the Corn Crib

Mini Hay Maze

Ellie and her friend at the top of the slide on hay mountain.

Ellie and Max on top of Hay Mountain

Hay Mountain

Feeding the goats

Halloween

Ellie has been a wicked witch every year for the past three years. It is her favorite thing to dress up as on Halloween.

Max was a pirate, but he decided not to take his pirate hat or eye patch when we went trick or treating.

Daddy giving out candy to the first trick or treaters (Ellie and Max of course!) Daddy is wearing Max's pirate hat.

Trick or Treating with Makayla and Grant and Mrs. Melanie.

Hockey Game

Max loves hockey. I'm not sure why because neither CJ nor I ever watch it, but Max loves it. So, when the Navy was given box seat tickets to go see the Carolina Hurricanes play hockey, we went. Max and Ellie had an absolute blast and actually watched the whole game.

Ellie dancing when the Hurricane's scored a goal.

Max was so busy watching the game, he didn't want to look at the camera!

The Hurricane's mascot, Stormy, dressed like Michael Jackson and dancing to Thriller. You can't tell but he is even wearing a silver glove on his right hand!

Ellie and Max were given souviner hockey pucks from the owners of the box we were sitting in.

Sitting at the bar in the suite watching the game.

Fishing with Grandpa

Growing up, going fishing with my Dad was always something special. My Dad had a sort of club that we were all apart of (my cousins, my older brother and me, even though I was the youngest). It was called the FB's, or the Fishing Buddies. I mentioned this to Ellie awhile back and since then she has wanted Grandpa to take her fishing. So, Grandpa got Ellie a fishing pole for her birthday and finally took her fishing. They didn't catch anything, but she still had a lot of fun at the pond.

Yankee Candle Village

The Yankee Candle Village in Williamsburg is such a cool place. It is so much more than a Yankee Candle store.. There is a home store, a candle store, an entire Christmas shop where Santa comes to visit and it snows inside, a toy shop, a fudge shop, a general store, a cafe and more. There is an indoor courtyard where live music plays and the lighting makes it seem as though you are outside at dusk. Ellie actually thought we stepped outside for a minute. There is a giant clock with a Christmas countdown on it. It was a lot of fun. We were there during a Fall festival. There was a clown making balloons, a petting zoo, and hay rides. The kids had so much fun. While I loved looking at all of the holiday stuff, I only wish they would have had some stuff for Chanukah, too, but they did not. Oh well, we still had fun!

Look closely, and you can see it snowing inside the store!

Princess Ellie and Sir Max!

Hay Ride

Making Wax Souviners

What better souviner from Yankee Candle than your own wax creation? Ellie and Max each picked out their own wax sculpture and then got to dip them into colored wax however they wanted. Ellie picked out a wicked witch (for Halloween) and dipped her into pink, purple and blue wax. Max picked out a pirate ship (he's very into pirates these days) and dipped it into blue wax. They had a lot of fun and thought it was a very cool project.

Meeting Santa

Did you ever wonder what Santa does when he's not at the North Pole? He's hanging out at Yankee Candle Village! He is there most days during the year, except on Sunday's. Ellie was a little disappointed that he wasn't there and said she wished he would come. Because it was the Fall Festival, he was there! Ellie was so excited, she said he heard her wish with his magic ears!

Max was showing Santa his wax pirate ship that he helped dip. Santa said it was so good it could have been made in his workshop!

Petting Zoo

As part of their Fall festival, Yankee Candle had a petting zoo in their parking lot. Ellie and Max had fun seeing all the animals up close.