Pumpkin Painting

Once September rolled around, I told Ivy that soon we'd go pick pumpkins and she'd get to paint them.  This idea took hold like Inception and we have been talking about it for many many weeks.  Last Friday the day finally came!

The Pumpkin Patch

Despite working so much overtime last week, it really did feel like one of the funnest weeks of the year because Ivy and I knocked out a ton of things in our Fall bucket list during our mornings together. 

We went to Petersen Family Farms over in SoJo and it was so fun.  We tried to do this last year but Ivy was young and there were a million people there, so this year when we went in the morning, I was thrilled that we had the patch to ourselves. 

For some reason, Ivy can't remember to refer to this place as a "pumpkin patch" and instead talks about going to the "eye patch." 

Gardner Village Witch Fest

Gardner Village is just about the most magical fall place in all of Utah.  It feels like you're walking straight through a movie set or something. 

I took Ivy over last week and we had a great time exploring the shops and finding all the witches (they have a scavenger hunt).  This place just feels like somewhere I need to go every October for the rest of forever.  It is the definition of festive. 

"Ivy ride a bike sometimes."

A few months ago Ivy got it into her mind that she was going to get a bike.  We know this because she'd repeat, "Ivy ride a bike sometimes," over and over again.  We decided we'd introduce the "Santa" concept and she was on board to wait until Christmas, so Santa could bring her a bike. 

I looked on KSL for one since I don't think a tricycle needs to be very fancy and found one for $10!  We were on board to wait until Christmas to give it to her...until we actually saw it.  Then we had to give it to her the next day.  It was just too adorable.

It took her a few days but she can ride it like a champ.  Now she has started repeating, "Ivy ride a big bike sometimes."  I guess this one was just a stepping stone in the bike riding ambitions of our child.