Down on the Farm

If it weren't for winter being right around the corner, I could honestly say I love Fall (though it is still in the high 70s-80s here).  We did our prerequisite tour of the apple farms this weekend to get pumpkins, apples, and pet the stinky goats.
Saturday we went to Ackerman Farms to beat the pumpkin rush.  We quickly decided on what we wanted and were out of there within half an hour.  Only problem was that Keeton insisted on pulling his own wagon, but refused to put anything in it because then it was too heavy.  By the end, he was riding in the wagon:

Sunday we planned to meet my sister, her husband, baby Rhett, and my mom at Tanner's.  I was feeling ahead of the game with my previously purchased pumpkins.  This is what we encountered when we pulled in to the parking lot:

It's hard to tell, but the line wrapped all the way around the shed to the parking lot.  We drove right on through and out.  So, we then decided to go to Apple Blossom Farm.  In my opinion, Apple Blossom is a bit over-rated, but I didn't need pumpkins, so I figured all was good.  Plus, Keeton had been begging to go on the monster-truck ride which was broken the last time we were there.  So, we got in line for the ride and Keeton...he went wimpy on us:

Yep, that's him crying (actually screaming) and completely freaking out.  I was pretty sure the monster truck ride lady was going to tell us not to take him on.  As you can see, Ella was completely okay--she was already heading up the ladder with Jeff carrying Keeton behind her.  There was no way I was not getting him on that darn thing--I've been hearing about it for months.

Jeff got him on and I tried to avoid the looks from others on the truck who probably thought I was mom of the year for forcing a 4 year old on a monster truck who was obviously traumatized.  As I figured, he was fine once the truck got moving.  He is actually doing that "I'm not going to let you see my smile" face in this picture.  He loved it--all one minute, two turns, and $5 a piece of it.

On to the goats we went. One goat decided Keeton's shirt looked pretty tasty.  His face was priceless as he realized he was being the goat's snack.  I wish I could have captured that moment!  We wrapped up the day by discovering there were no apples to be picked and no pumpkins to purchase...nice...great feature for APPLE Blossom Farm!  While it was a bit of a bust, how many kids can claim a monster truck ride and a run in with a shirt eating goat all in the same day?!