2011 Pumpkin Show

It's almost mid-November and I'm still reliving October and trying to catch up blogging about it.
One of the highlighs of October is when we get to go to the Circleville Pumpkin Show.  Honestly, it's like the Frankin County Fair with 1000 pumpkins, fair food, freaky people and scary carnies but we still had fun. 

We went on Friday afternoon - the kids didn't have school (Oct. 21) and got off to a later start than we had planned...as usual.  We hit a huge traffic jam on the way there on 23 because a big truck carry corn or grain of some sort overturned on the highway so they were sweeping it up on the side of the road.  That put a damper on the beginning of the day.

It's nearly impossible these days to get all 3 kids in the same general vicinity, let alone to look at the camera and SMILE.

We spent a lot of time looking at all the HUGE prize winning pumpkins and eating everything in sight.  We had pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin cheese cake, french fries and my favorite...homemade pumpkin ice cream that was being churned right on the spot.  I craved it for weeks!!

During the long wait while stuck in traffic on the way there I had the chance (since we were
 at a dead stop) to snap a few pictures of a farm and barn.  Some of my favorite pictures of the day so I guess it was worth the wait!

Pumpkin Show

We had a fantastic time at the Circleville Pumpkin show yesterday. It was a bit chilly out but we spent over 3 hours there looking at the huge pumpkins and eating pumpkin everything. We stopped at the farm market on the way back and got some fresh pressed apple cider - Yum!

Ella and Si holding hands on the way

Justin Ella and Si in front of the pumpkin tower.

So much pumpkin food! We had pumpkin burgers, pumpkin waffles and pumpkin pie (and brought a pie home with us too)

The biggest pumpkin - funky pumpkin heads - yummy pumpkin waffles

Ella wanted to ride the Ferris wheel so I took her on - she was a bit unsure at first but then loved it :)

The Ferris Wheel from our view

While we were on the Ferris wheel, Silas drove the cars - he thought it was pretty cool to drive with no hands!

The Michelin Man was there - Si gave him a high-five.
Ella kept calling him the Ice Cream man - she thinks he looks like vanilla twist ice cream :)

Oh, how I love October!!