Pumpkin Patch

Better late than never, right??
I finally managed to coherce get Tom to come along to pick the family Bennett pumpkins.
Usually I get these things done weeks in advance as the worry of finding one the night before Halloween just seems to stressful for my delicate soul...and this year I was right!
We had to go to a couple pacthes to pick two out.
The first patch had about 10 pumpkins left...all were bigger than Ava, so that was a no go.


Although we did manage to get a couple cute Sears like pictures of the girls. I think this should be our Christmas card!



Then we made it to another patch that still had some decent pumpkins left, but it seems half the city was there as well. There were workers directing traffic and helping drivers park in the parking lot. It was pure pumpkin patch craziness! We managed to find 2 pumpkins and escape relatively unscathed.
But you bet that next year, I'll be hitting the patches a good 3-4 weeks in advance to avoid that craziness again.

Sisterly lerve

Just awwwwww for sisterly love.
(and then back to whopping each other over the heads a mere 30 seconds later, but at least I caught this on camera, right?)

Signs of Fall...

Around here, there really are not very many signs of fall. No leaves all over the ground to crunch on; no red, orange and yellow trees to "oh and ah". Really, it just gets cooler...and everyone puts up their Halloween decorations, so I know its that time fo year, well, that and the fact that its cooler, so we can play outside once again.
Florida's Signs of Fall.



Playing in the "tickle grass" by our house. It's pink!!



Swings!

Return of the signs...

They're baaaack!
This was the latest in the world of the mystery signs.
Makes you go hmmmmm, doesn't it??




My apologies for the fuzziness, but I tried taking a picture through the window as we were driving by. (do not try that at home kids!)

In the land of Gators...

You must go visit the Alligator Farm! So that's exactly what we did today!
Tom, the girls and myself packed up some snacks and the small entourage of "stuff" that we seem to take with us everywhere and headed to the St Augustine Alligator Farm.


As always, there are lots of gators and such to be found here (and we know it well as we have a family pass).
First we were greeted with the Gator Welcoming Committee. Complete with big ol' gator grins. (although it was about lunch time, so I am thinking they were eyeing up a bite size Ava).



We saw the usual suspects, which includes the creepy albino gators-


The funny looking crocodile from India-


And of course more gators looking for lunch!


Now because we were with Tom, he comes armed with about $10 in quarters so he can start a feeding frenzy! They have machines all over the park that you can put in a quarter and get a handful of food to feed the alligators. The girls love to do this, and Tom loves to cause meyham, so we did.
(I just watch in horror and hope nobody falls in)


When I looked a little closer, I noticed a big, and I mean snap off your hand big turtle under the gatorness trying to get his share of food. (can you see him?)


We also saw "Maximo" the 15 plus feet gator! He is huge! SO big, I couldn't get all of him in the picture, unless I moved back half a mile (as I had my zoom lens).


And of course Maximo's distant cousin.


We also made friends with the rather large Kimodo dragon (again, i think he was looking for lunch too).



We also took in some of the other wild creatures the Alligator Farm has to offer.
Some big and creepy vultures, definately looking for a snack.




A beautiful bird whose name I have forgotten. but I can tell you they are found in Africa, should you ever get the chance to go there.



And about the ugliest bird ever. Its a Marabou stork and he looks like an ugly old man.



Plus some other rather funny looking critters, that I decided were cute enough to take home.
All in all, another fun day!!

If we were The Simpsons...

I did this last year. There's a site called SimponizeMe.com.
They will take a photo of you and turn it into a cartoon character. It's supposed to be what you look like if you were a Simpson's cartoon (which was and may still be one of the funniest shows out there).

I just came across these on my computer and they were just too funny not to share...in fact, I think the cartoons are pretty accurate (sorry Tom)! They even portrayed Lulu the Wonder Cat as the grumpy ol' fart of a cat that she is.

Doh!

Mysterious signs

Literally. Not metaphorically. Every week or so a newly hand painted sign has been staked into the ground on a busy median by the interstate. I am guessing its supposed to make us drivers think about how the world seems to be falling apart. Although I think the signs will end up making all the gawkers crash into each other as we crank our necks trying to read it while driving by.

I am starting to find these signs intriguing and thought I'd start documenting them. You know, cause as crazy as the signs are, its crazier being the lady trying to take a picture of them from my car!
Anyway, I missed taking pictures of the first two...and you'll thank me for that. One sign was something about Marxism and communism (terms I haven't used since first year sociology). The other was something about selling the American Dream for $250,000. Obviously some very strong point of views going on here.

Well, I managed to capture the recent ones this week. They will either make you go "hmmmm" or just giggle like a girl.

Integrity

Redistribution


I can not wait to see what the signs have to say next time! It makes for an interesting drive to preschool each day!