I can’t believe it was in the 80′s this weekend!
It’s October, for Christmas sakes.
But at least it was nice enough out to go pumpkin picking with the husband. <3
There literally had to be over 1,000 people there (no joke).
Also, I really wanted to go down one of those slides, but did not think I could endure the long lines of whining children.
At the place we go, they pick a bunch of pumpkins every morning and drop them in a field (in piles by size).
I guess you’re not actually picking the pumpkin, but you are picking out the one you want.
Does that count?
Sure it does!
We decided to each get a smaller pumpkin to carve, and one bigger one and teeny one to also put on the step.
After we paid for the pumpkins, and put them in the car, we came back to walk around.
The husband grabbed a hot dog and Coke, and I had this yummy apple cider.
Highlight of the trip + my day: there was a petting zoo!
Silly looking chickens…
Goats galore! I <3 goats!
Ducks (that did not want to be pet lolol)…
And a few rabbits who didn’t understand how I found them, since they were so stealthily hidden.
On the way out, we picked up this recipe jar.
It has everything you need to make the recipe that is attached to the lid.
Such a cute idea!
I shall be making this next weekend.
Also this weekend, I got a little crafty.
I was looking through a magazine, and saw an idea for Mumpkins.
For the ones in the magazine, you used a real pumpkin, and real mums, and they lasted a whole (drum roll please)….
3-4 days.
That was not ok with me.
So I improvised, and made my own that will last forever.
Here’s how I did it.
I went to the craft store and got styrofoam balls (I used 6″), and a bunch of fake mums (about 15 stems worked just fine for the 6″ ball).
**Please note that the ball will look rather small to you, but with the flowers around it, it doubles in size.
Use a wire cutter to cut the flowers off the stems, leaving only a few inches of the stem.
You obviously have weak hands like me, so you will have to use both of them to cut.
(That one-handed business was just for the photo.)
Then stick your flowers right into the styrofoam.
You can do this however you want, but I found it easiest to first make a complete ring around the ball….
Then make another line, cutting one of the sides in half.
Fill in the quarters.
When you’ve covered the entire ball, go outside and find a nice-looking stick for the stem.
Voila!
It looks even better if you put it next to a dish of candy corn. 
