Uesugi Farms

Prepping for a trip to the pumpkin farm is a days adventure in itself.
I love Michael's when they have their sales, but a simple black t-shirt will do.  Some acrylic paint, a stencil and a sponge can make for some real cute holiday t-shirts.

Oh, don't forget the kiddos to do the work of making their shirts. 

Even teacher makes a t-shirt.  The kids call it "the barfing t-shirt" LOL.

Now that Monday is done and the shirts have dried, Tuesday comes and off we go to Uesugi Farms, all decked out in our home-made pumpkin t-shirts. 

Waiting at the train depot.

On the train that travels all around the farm. 

After a short movie on how Uesugi Farms is developed, we go to visit the

stages of growing pumpkins.

Yay, daddy does drop off at the farm. 

A little handholding as we watch daddy head off to work. 

Next, we enter into the corn maze that is filled with beautifully painted boards. 

 

Someone "loves" snails! 

A shout-out for Golden Gate Bridge from our little guy. 

Can you say fieldtrip to San Francisco ??

Once done, we relax after we hunted for our own pumpkins.

A little Dora stand to the kid's pumpkin entrance.

Cut out billboards are always fun. 

On  to the hay bail run.

Ooops, a bit of hay got stuck in our boots.

Can someone help me out of the hay hole. 

Look at me run and not fall....oops, well, maybe just a little fall.

 

Just look at those stormy skies and adorable faces.  Luckily we didn't get rained on during our fun trip!

We had a great day.  The drive home was so full of discussions, singing, and every once in a while, I'd hear, Patty, I love you......

Join us again for a great fieldtrip with PattyKakesKidz

Me-I'm Three

The Making and Baking of our friends 3rd birthday fun.

 Now that the mixing is done, we wait with our friends. Even our mascot waits with us...

 ...and waits.  Are those cupcakes ever gonna finish rising?

The decision to play dress up for our birthday party was a fun kid-decided idea.

Power Ranger meets Batman

Even our dog dresses up as The Hulk

Fireman Ethan

When singing Happy Birthday, Ethan pats his chest to be sure we all know it's "his" birthday name in the song.

And our wish is?

Meet Snow White

Cinderella & Sleeping Beauty putting sprinkles on their cupcakes

Batman just about to take a bite.

Cupcakes make this fireman thirsty.

Our little group of characters decided after their delicious birthday cupcakes and fun dress up, it's time to enjoy going on a parade.

Happy third birthday to our friend Ethan.



Silent Kidz Meant Important Play

So, here I was prepping and cooking lunch when all of a sudden I realized; oooh, it's a bit too quiet.  Now, if you know my home, you probably know that my kitchen is in the heart of everything.  I can look thru the window into the preschool room, look around the wall over into the living room and turn around and look right at the family room.  Love the set up, but again, it was really really quiet.  I go on a quick hunt to discover that all six kidz were so focused on their play, that it looked like they were little adults at work.  I had to be pretty sneaky to get pictures without interrupting their flow of thought.  Follow here to see the quiet moments of play, work, play, work LOL.

 Reinacting a teacher at the flannel board. The story is Brown Bear, Brown Bear.

Teacher is 2 years old and student is 3.5

A friend steps in to watch and listen to the story. He's 4 years old.

In the living room around the wall, the restaurant is in business.

Here the 3 year old cook preps a meal for a queen. (you'll find that is "me")

 This week, we had an area set-up with multiple homes for exploring homelife.

A two year old gets the family into a car.

His 4 year old friend and pretend neighbor joins in.

Together they discover a much larger home to share.

Next, our teacher and her student move to the table to do white-board writing.

At this point, I sigh with contentment and turn around to continue lunch prepping when I noticed our mascot staring at me, also being as quiet as can be. 

Once again, I smile with contentment and just as I turn to put the camera down, there stands our 3 year old chef. She has prepared a lunch for me too, (remember me, the queen? LOL) 

And, just when I thought my day couldn't get any better. 

 I have the best days here at PattyKakesKidz.  And can you believe it? I actually get paid to be with these little cutie-pies.  I just love my job.