The Great Pumpkin

If any of you have ever seen the wonderful, fabulous, classic Charlie Brown movie "The Great Pumpkin" then you know that the Great Pumpkin appears on Halloween night and gives children toys. 

yuh-huh

for real

true story

and if this is really so, Alexis probably will not be pulling a Lucy to hang with Linus in the Pumpkin Patch all night. 

The face you see here: 

was the face I got most of the day from Diva during the preschool field trip to the pumpkin patch. She had small periods of time where fun was had, but on the whole, this was not the best morning for Lexi. 

The pumpkins were too big. 

The pumpkins were then too small.

Then too dirty. 

There were flies. 

etc. 

She did manage to brave the flies and dirt long enough to find her "perfect pumpkin"

It is quite nice.

 I believe this death trap is what kicked off the cry-fest that became our morning. This is a large inflatable "pillow" with roughly 200 kids jumping on it. Alexis gave it a shot, but had to be carried off crying because she was soon so paralyzed with fear of the jumping screaming children surrounding her.

The tractor-train was pretty sweet. 

Load the kiddos up for a nice little scenic trip around the patch. 

She sat with a few of her favorite people: 

 she calls this little boy her "prince" - he is her favorite

Preschool group photo: 

 This is what happens when you tell a bunch of 3 year old kiddos to do a silly face:

The ginormous slide! It took her a bit to get up the courage to attempt this, but once she did - it was awesome!

I think she shall become an Olympic luge medalist

All in all, an OK day. I certainly hope school field trips in the future are more fun for Lexi. We came home with a couple of perfect pumpkins, a bunch of pictures, and new found fear of 'jumpies'

Next year, it's Paul's turn!