Happy Birthday Kaid & Keegan (Part 1)

On October 3rd Kaiden Riley turned 5 years old! We came a week early to Michigan before the Chicago Marathon so we could visit family and we were back just in time to celebrate Kaid's birthday on Sunday (Oct 3rd). Grandma Faith made it a fall birthday party for all the boys and they each had their own cake with candles to blow out. Keegan turned 3 on September 3rd..and Keano turned 1 on October 13th. There were 16 kiddos in all that day and our first event was going to the pumpkin patch to pick out some pumpkins and go on a hayride. We also got talked in by the men (Mike & Scotty) to go in a corn maze with all the kids. Thankfully we had 6 adults to keep everyone in tow. The adults were Scott's cousins Kelly and Tona, her husband Billy, Mike, Faith, Scott and me. Yes we were largely outnumbered. Thankfully nobody went MIA in the corn maze and we all made it out safely. We then hopped on the wagon and rode over to the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins. The older kids picked out their big pumpkins in what took seconds as soon as they hopped off the wagon. 3 year old Keegan however wanted to find the perfect pumpkin. His qualifications for the perfect pumpkin: it must be tiny (the smaller the better), it must have a good handle on it for holding aka: a long stem, it must be a bright orange with no other spots, and it must be round. Pumpkin after pumpkin failed Keegan's test and he finally found the perfect one 10 minutes later. After all the 16 kids pumpkins were measured and paid for we headed over to the barn were there were horses, goats, chickens, sheep, and kittys to be pet. Keegan loves horses and their were two beautiful giant horses that he enjoyed petting. As we were petting the horse I heard some commotion going on behind us. Come to find out...one of the kids let the sheep out of the fence! It was running around outside. I personally thought this was the funniest thing ever. You gotta love the mind of a child...we'll never know if it was an accident or on purpose! This wraps up part 1 of the birthday party day. Here are some pics of the hayride...stay tuned for part 2!