12 days to Halloween!

Today we made our annual trek to Pumpkin Works--North got to experience the fun for the first time. Pumpkin works is a great place to get into the Halloween spirit--corn mazes, hayrides, petting zoo, pumpkin patch, and lots of other fun.

Posing with the Halloween-y picture props!Going to the Petting Zoo!

Pumpkins!

Belly!

Going on the Nature Hayride! (This was the first year we tried this one rather than the "haunted hayride") It was great! We learned about the trees in the forest at Pumpkin Works and saw some wildlife.

We learned about Sassafrass trees and how their roots are used to make root-beer. Their branches and leaves smell like root-beer where broken.

We also learned about Persimmon (or "Paw-paw") trees and fruit and got to sample some freshly picked in the woods on our hayride.

So fun!