The Jernstad Journal: Pumpkins and Fire

I love going to the Pumpkin Patch in the fall. We've gone every year since Hannah was born. Last year Noah was only 6 months old so he didn't get to do much. This year however, he was all over the place! That boy is such an active one. The pumpkin patch we go to is a couple miles away from us and it's all free! They have a corn pit, petting zoo, hay bale maze, and other little activities for the kids. And of course there are lots of pumpkins. We went with Joel's parents and 3 of his nieces so we had lots of people in our group. The kids loved it. Noah would have stayed in that corn pit all day if we'd have let him!

Noah loved being buried in the corn pit!

Hannah needed in on the burying action

Noah almost strangled himself trying to get in the cage with the animals!

We also went to the Ankeny fire station to check out their open house. Both kids LOVE fire trucks. Probably more Hannah than Noah right now but since Noah loves to explore...it was a win/win. I thought they'd just have the fire engines out front for us to look at then we could wander the station. Nope, it was all decked out in kid-friendly activities. There were fire trucks and ambulances to look at and climb in but there was also a "stop, drop and roll" mat, a puppet show, a pretend house with a fire so kids could practice getting out safely. They also let the kids use a fire hose and fire extinguisher. There was way more activities than we could do! I thought Noah would get into everything. He did but it was ok. Apparently this wasn't the first open house Ankeny has done. Who knew? So all the dangerous stuff was taken off the trucks and the electronics were disabled. It's like the firemen knew Noah was coming! :)