Corn Maze, Giant Pumpkin, Beautiful Sunflowers, Hay Maze, Pool of Corn

For me the month of October means you switch the park for the patch.

This month we visited a Pumpkin Patch in Livermore, CA called G&M Farms.
They have a lot of fun  to do but the best thing there is free and that is a pool filled with corn. This pool is about two feet deep and is large enough for 50 kids on a busy day. I even got in and wiggled my toes. It is fun to bury the kids and everyone is screaming and laughing. My youngest daughter said if it was candy corn she would eat it!

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The next awesome patch called Borchard Farms that we checked out was in Salinas CA with GIANT sized pumpkins.

It was far off the free way in a beautiful farming area.

Another great thing about this patch was you could do the Corn Maze for $4 a person.

The patch is really quite amazing because of the size of  these pumpkins. 

And of coarse there is Avila Valley Barn.

Free Hay rides,

Pick a pumpkin on a vine,

The best hay maze that I got lost in for 10 min

farm animals to feed

roasted corn

SUNFLOWERS

Free Photo Collage from Walgreens, free Shutterfly book 8x8

Mom this is for u:

Free Walgreens 8x10 collage

Get those halloween costumes pics printed for free.

Go to walgreens and enter BOOCOLLAGE at check out

Make sure you choose instore pick up

It expires NOV. 2

Genevieve this is for u:

20-Page 8"x8" Shutterfly Hardcover Photo Book $8

Ikea via Shutterfly.com offers a 20-Page 8"x8" Shutterfly Hardcover Photo Book for Free when you follow the instructions below. Shipping is $7.99. Offer ends 11/04/2013. Thanks yeulife

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5. Choose the 8x8 Hardcover Photo Book
6. Follow the prompts to create your book
   • Order your photo book by 12/04/2013
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Carving pumpkins Minions, Kapernick, BBQ grill, Cinderella Carriage, Pumpkin pie for smarties

I went to a friends Pumpkin party where the prizes were great like a MAC BOOK PRO  etc. So as you can see the effort for a perfectly carved pumpkin to grab the judges attention was in full speed. Everyone had exactly 2 hours to carve.. And these are the outcomes:

Kapernick Pumpkin go 49ers!
This one placed.

Carved pumpkin inside pumpkin
This one placed

Mummy

BBQ Grill Weber style
PVC pipe tin foil
Painted the pumkin black
Sterno inside for flam
Grilling pumkins
Won First place Mac BOOK PRO!!!!

Face carved with marshmallows used for teeth.

Silohouette  of baby
Host said he would  have chosen this as first place
I kissed up to the wrong person..
This was mine of coarse.

Despicable Me Minion

Despicable Me Minion

Cinderella carriage with props.
But the best prop of all was a 7 week old baby girl dressed in a cinderella contest
sitting very briefly inside the carriage.
This won 2nd place

Pumpkin Pie
This is for all the smartie pants out there
This one placed

Pirate Ship and pirate.
Very creative

Baseball Pumpkin
This one was pretty amazing because the entire pumpkin skin was shaven.
This one placed too.

Such a fun night already planning for next year.... When prizes are big people will go all out!

Baby Boy in Pumpkin

I stuffed all my kids in pumpkins and watermelons. The pictures are hilarious the experience is chaotic and very memorable. Tying to convince a young baby that it is not too cold or slimy.

This is my last try at an Anne Geddes picture and it turned out perfect.

Just carve out a big hole for body and two leg holes and it works great. baby was 10 months old.