Monday, October 18, 2010

Autumn at the Arboretum

We made our traditional trip to the Arboretum today to see all the beautiful flowers and impressive array of pumpkins and gourds.

The gang (Reese, Hadley, Ben, Shawn, Kate, Sean)


Ben & Kate
The girls (love the sweet hand holding!)

Buddies

My little monster

Getting faces painted! Ben wanted a blue Batman and and Kate wanted a pink butterfly

The beautiful final products

 Running around
 More running in the hay maze
 

Pumpkin flowers & a Pumpkin House
 At the petting zoo


It was quite a morning! They both fell asleep on the way home!
October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came -
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
~George Cooper, "October's Party"

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I loved the pictures, your commentary, and the poetry quote at the end. Thanks for the fun!