Alexa picks out a pumpkin!

Daddy was off and daycare was closed for Columbus Day, so he took Alexa to a daycare play date at Butler's Orchard.

From Daddy: "We had a great day. Allergy shot, about three hours at the orchard. We played in the hay, rode the big slide, looked at the ponies and picked out a great pumpkin in the pumpkin patch. We also played with Avery, Naomi and other school friends. At one point, Avery and Alexa were walking and holding hands, so cute. Then Daddy and Alexa had a lunch date in Bethesda. For the record, American Tap Room has a great steak sandwich. She did very good at lunch. Also, she drank her milk out of the sippy with a straw without a problem."

Here is Alexa with her daycare friend Avery, who is a year older. So cute!

If you recall, this is where we got our pumpkin last year. Now that she's older, Alexa was able to enjoy the excursion so much more! Check out our little comparison...

Pumpkins! Pumpkins! Pumpkins!

Beautiful day today, so we headed out to Butler's Orchard in Maryland to check out their pumpkin patch! They had a whole field of activities for kids... Face painting, bales of hay to climb on, barns to explore, farm animals, slides, hay rides, and much more! A great place to take Alexa when she's a little older!

We walked around and walked through a cornstalk maze!

And got some apples!

Then we hit the pumpkin patch!

But it was midday and there was no shade... Alexa didn't like the sun and was hungry so we didn't stay long. But we picked out a pumpkin to carve! The funny thing is that our pumpkin weighed 23 pounds -- that's more than double Alexa's size!

After all the pumpkin fun, we tried a new organic restaurant in downtown Bethesda. Yum! We also took a walk down the Capitol Crescent Trail. What a great day.

We are now watching the Yankees game! Better get some hits...

Update: Look who fell asleep!