The Trulocks: Mila's First Field Trip and a Short Trip

Mila went on her first field trip last Friday. I went with her since parents were responsible for transportation. We went to Meadow View Growers, a farm/nursery. It was a blast!

I love the fall so much! They had tons of pumpkins and mums that were so beautiful. They made me feel so happy! Does anyone else always think of Anne of Green Gables when you see/hear the word Chrysanthemum/Mum? I intensely loved the book series. And the movie. The movie reminds me of my childhood so much.

Mila with her pick from the "pumpkin patch" of pre-picked pumpkins

Drawing a face on her pumpkin.

I love how the legs and arms are attached to the smile!

Hay maze.

Instead of a sand box, they had a corn box. It was awesome!

Mila making a corn angel.

Another girl in the class helped bury Mila.

Jumping into the straw pit.

Wizard of Oz scarecrows. Cute!

We also went on a hay ride and through a kiddie corn maze. What a fun place!

After the field trip, we went home and I got us all packed up. When Sam got home, we hopped in the car and drove down to Virginia. Sam has been wanting to go down to a football game since we left, and they were doing some alumni thing, so we went. We drove 6.5 hrs. down Friday night, slept, went to a yummy lunch on Saturday at Don Tequila, one of the few restaurants in Buena Vista, went to the game, and got back in the car and drove home another 6+ hrs. It was a pretty rough trip for me. I was very tired and was having monthly hormonal problems, so I was having a hard time handling anything irritating. Happens sometimes. The kids and I wouldn't have gone, but Sam was leaving for a work trip on Sunday afternoon for 9 days, and I didn't want to add to that number. We did stop at a delicious pizza place, Pies and Pints, in Charleston, West Virginia that someone at work told Sam about. We tried their grape pizza, and it was life-changing. Tasty crust topped with gorgonzola cheese, red grape pieces, and rosemary. Sounds crazy, but so great! I want to try to re-create it sometime.

I took very few pictures, but Emmitt was having so much fun playing on the handicap ramp to the bleachers. He was so thrilled to have his own can of pop. He then spilled a bunch on his shirt and the bees were after him something fierce, so the kids and I left the game a little early went out to the car to change his clothes.

It was just fine though because I wanted to spend some time with this view. The field where they play is at the top of a hill and the view off it is breathtaking. Pictures truly do not do it justice. You just can't get the panoramic view or sense the drop off from being up on the hill, if any of that makes sense to anyone but me. Those of you who have been to BV and stood on this hill know what I'm talking about. Sweet Sam also drove me around to our other special places there, like where we used to live, even though we just drive up, look at the outside, and drive away.

I always oooh and aaah over the West Virginia state capitol as we drive by it. We were actually really close to it when we stopped in Charleston for our grape pizza, and I couldn't resist taking a picture of how gorgeous she was all lit up.