The Pumpkin Festival

So the Pumpkin Festival was a fabulous hit!!  Seriously, this festival rivals Christmas in my children's eyes.  For those of you who have never heard of the Pumpkin Festival, my small town produces much of the canned pumpkin you find in your grocery stores.  If it is Nestle pumpkin pie filling, it came from my town.  That being said, we celebrate everything pumpkin........pumpkin pie, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin donuts, pumpkin pumpkin pumpkin!!!  So here are some pictures of my crew enjoying the carnival rides and the parade.  Joshua is pretty sociable so I thought he would like the Pumpkin Festival.  Oh my!  He LOVED it!!  Lots of times his mouth just gaped open in AWE of everything he saw.  He's so precious! 

PUMPKIN FESTIVAL

Balloon Release at the opening

Savannah with her toothless grin - so cute!!

Joshua after releasing his balloon!

Let the rides begin - my 3 oldest.....

we took turns big kid rides, then little kid rides....worked pretty good

this is how we survived the crowds with my 3 littles.....

here they are watching a the big kids ride.

The Train Ride.....

when you have enough kids you get a whole car to yourself.

Joshua's Favorite - The Cars

I think he waved the whole time.

If you look real close you will see the Alligator Tears.

This was due to the extreme sadness of getting off the car ride.

Todd's turn to participate......

in my old age, I can barely endure much more going round and round...

Sweet boy!

The Fishing Game -

every year this game usually causes a tantrum in one or more of my children

they love it so much.

The mouth agape in awe....

PUMPKIN FESTIVAL PARADE DAY 

My new niece from China - precious!! 

Lining the streets to watch the parade...it is so much fun!! 

Love this picture of Tori and my nieces! 

Jesse just went around eating food off of

everyone else's plates....smart boy. 

Probably my favorite thing was

Joshua getting into the candy at the parade. 

He would get a piece of candy and throw it back onto the street

He ended up with no candy and probably had the best time of anybody! 

Love the expressions!   

Grandpa and Joshua

My sweet nephew 

Brotherly Love