Our Busy Day

Christopher and I had a very busy day this past Saturday (Oct. 4) while Daddy and Granddaddy went to Knoxville to the UT game! In the morning, we went to our local pumpkin patch (Walden Farm). It was our 3rd year to go and, as usual, Christopher had a BLAST! However, for something that's supposed to be "free," it sure didn't turn out that way! I walked out of there spending $11: sand art necklace: $2; hayride: $3 for me, Christopher's free; kiddie play area w/corn maze: $3 for Christopher, adults are free; $3 for lunch. Guess they have to make money somehow. I kept him awake in the car afterward (approx. 30 minute drive)and *tried* to put him down for a nap when we got home. However, even with as exhausted as he was, he had other ideas and wouldn't go to sleep!

Our evening activities included driving up to Granddaddy's church in Nashville to see VeggieTales. Thankfully, Christopher crashed as soon as we hit the road and got about a 30-minute nap, which held him over through the show. At first, he didn't like being there and wanted to go home. However, once the show started, he was in complete awe! He wouldn't sing along to the songs even though he has many of them memorized from the HOURS upon HOURS of playtime on the cd player in the car! I know he liked them, though, because his attention was only redirected by the really neat shadows on the ceiling from the lights and the time he had to go potty before intermission. The downside of being potty trained...he also had to go potty 2 times before the show started! Thankfully, after intermission, he didn't have to go anymore. He was SOOOO tired by the end of the show and as soon as we hit the road, he was out like a light! He came away from the show with a VeggieTales glow wand, a t-shirt and memories that I'm sure he'll have for many, many more months (he's still talking about that air show from back in April)!

Of course, I took TONS of pictures! Here are links to my Facebook page where I posted them:

Walden Farm: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=164442&l=34ea4&id=905785074

VeggieTales: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=164468&l=b257a&id=905785074