To the Farm!!!

Photos: October 17, 2008

This was our fourth visit to D&D Ranch out in Terrebonne. Grandma Rose and Grandpa Jim joined us this year and they had a lot of fun watching Jonas roam around the farm and pumpkin patch first hand. It was a fabulous day, especially for the middle of October. I think it got up to 79 degrees. Perfect.

First we headed out to the pumpkin patch with wagon in tow.

I was pretty impressed with Jonas carrying the big pumpkins. He's got serious muscles.

After the pumpkin patch we had a quick picnic lunch and then Jonas braved the petting zoo. He was a little unsure at first (typical) but after awhile decided that the sheep were his very favorite animals.

Ever have that feeling that you're being watched?

Classic farmer pose?Here's Jonas hucking straw at the goats. He really wanted to feed them but didn't want to get too close.

Giant pig. Sweet.

An even giant-er cow. I had to do some major reassuring to get Jonas to stand this close to the cow.

I can't believe they grow such cute vegetables at this farm.

Well, this one isn't a vegetable but it's a pretty cute boy with a weird trapezoid for a hat.

This video is hilarious (to me) for numerous reasons. The off-camera conversation between Grandma Rose and Tony is funny (to me.) Jonas going from one pumpkin to the next and ripping the handles off is super funny, too (to me.) You'll know he's ripped off another one when you hear me giggling and moving the camera violently. Hey, I'm not a professional. (that explains a lot)



My apologies to D&D Ranch for A) letting my child abuse numerous pumpkins and B) not buying a single pumpkin. But on the bright side Grandpa Jim bought us all ice cream and I think that cost about $20 so we'll just call it even.

Autumn, Happiness is Bliss

Photos: October 2006
Journaling: October 2007

I had so many photos from our visit to the "farm" last year that I had to do two two-page layouts to get even a fraction of the best ones in. 27...that's right, count 'em...27 photos on these two layouts. (I must have at least 40 more photos leftover that are just as cool/funny/sweet.) So for you die-hard Jonas fans, you can now compare 3 years of visits to the farm at the following posts:

Age 1: Investigating on the Farm
Age 2: Autumn, Happiness is Bliss (this post)
Age 3: Horses, Burros and Pumpkins, Oh My! and Autumn Outing

Horses and Burros and Pumpkins, Oh My!

Photos: October 12, 2007

Jonas always seems to like animals until he actually encounters them in real life. We were surprised that he was brave enough to gather up some hay and throw it (from a distance) in to the horses and burros (his word). He must have decided they were not too scary if they were behind bars.

The bottom photo is the best (and only) pumpkin we found to take home.

Autumn Outing

Photos: October 12, 2007

As usual, I took tons of photos in hopes of getting at least a few good ones. Here are a few of Farmer Jonas at work.

Autumn Outing...the videos

Videos: October 12, 2007


We went out to D&D Ranch in Terrebonne for our annual encounter with rural life. I put a camo John Deere tractor shirt on Jonas so he wouldn't be the obvious "city kid" at the farm. He could actually pull the wagon out to the pumpkin patch this year instead of just riding in it and it was hilarious (yes, that's me laughing on the video.) He really needed a 4-wheel-drive wagon for where he wanted to take the it. Jonas would have loved to go 4-bying out through the pumpkins and cornstalks for as long as we would let him. He couldn't BELIEVE it when we told him we had to leave...10 minutes of tears and sobbing. "But I need to get more pumpkins for my wagon!!" So fun.

Investigating on the Farm

Photos:Oct 2005 layout/journaling March 2007

Click on photos to enlarge and read journaling.