arboretum, part 1

last friday was afton's first school field trip, they were headed to the pumpkin patch at the arboretum, and it was all day school (8-2.30 instead of 12-3), it was also the last day of our year pass to the arboretum, so as soon as we dropped her off at school, we raced home and got ready ourselves to head off to the arboretum ourselves! rayna and malachi had a blast posing for pictures. it was gorgeous weather, probably the nicest we've had in months! and everything was beautiful! hence the dual posts, i narrowed my pictures down to merely about 20 ;). some of my favorites:



rayna insisted on holding a pumpkin whenever she posed with them, which was everywhere

 

malachi kept posing, but he wouldn't really smile, he'd just climb up on the pumpkins and grunt at me til i looked at him... i wonder if he's remembering last year?



these two were being SO sweet, i LOVED it!
ps, note all the different kinds of pumpkins? there were tons!

 

still wouldn't really smile, but he sure liked being photographed!





just to give you an idea of all the pumpkins and gourds they had on display... and dramatically!
they had a series of houses that were cinderella-themed

 

again, just an idea of how many pumpkins they have here!



more posing




i don't know what he's doing here, but i loved this one too :)

and stay tuned, there's more!