Our Great Expectations: Go carts and pumpkin patches

Delaney and Grandpa reading the Best Buy ad. Hope she's looking for an iPod nano for Mommy!

While we were in St. Louis, Grandma and Grandpa took us to Incredible Pizza for lunch. They have a buffet of food and then they have a big play area (that, of course, costs money). But Grandma and Grandpa were ready to spend money!! The pizza was not worth taking pictures of, but here is the fun! They drove cars....

And shot basketballs...

And rode go-carts!!! Aaron's first time on a go-cart!

The next day we went to Culver's. This place has some great ice cream! Aaron was feeling a little naughty.

The last day we were there we went to the pumpkin patch. It wasn't much of a pumpkin patch, but they had lots of stuff for kids to do, mazes, swings, tractors (little ones with pedals), and much more!
This is a big tire swing that you could sit/lay down on and spin around.

This was Delaney about 5 minutes after we got to the pumpkin patch.

They had a big slide that Aaron was not afraid of going down.

This was Delaney about 15 minutes after we got to the pumpkin patch. It was stinking cold and windy, and I'm sure the mist wasn't bothering her... Grandpa offered to take her to the car while we (Aaron) enjoyed ourselves a bit longer.

Bye bye, Delaney...

They even had a little zip line!

This was a big pirate ship they could climb all over and go underneath.

A rope bridge.

And a maze that Grandma helped him through.

And then we got to ride a hay ride. It was cold but fun.

Then, since we WERE supposed to have a picnic lunch (I'm sorry, I'm not going to freeze my butt off just to have a lunch outside) we decided to migrate indoors and sit on the floor.

Mmmmm...cookies and milk!

Then we had to go back to KC, and that night Aunt Tinney read Aaron and Noah a story before bedtime.

And a picture with Mimi before bed.

The next day I took Aaron to see my friend Andrea and her boyfriend (now FIANCE!!!!), Craig, at her parents house/farm in Tarkio. He didn't want to go, wanted to stay and have fun with Noah, but I knew that he would have a fabulous time riding the tractor and combine around!!
Aaron with Mike, Andrea's dad.

Aaron and his "cheese!!!" face in front of the combine tire.

Aaron loading up into the tractor with Krista, Andrea's mom, to take the soybeans to the silo.

There they go!! Those turbines are so close to their house!!

Andrea drivin' the big rig around the farm (the big Ford).

Mike wanted to take Aaron out again on the combine with Craig. When they got back, he was asleep!

The soybeans are as tall as he was!! I totally forgot my camera to take it in the combine with us, so I didn't get any pictures/video of us in the combine. But man, those things are really intricate and smart!!