Fall Fun with Daddy

The week before Halloween Rich had to conduct his first funeral.  It was a sad event, but meant Rich took the day off.  After the funeral Ava had the whole day with her daddy.  We had so much fun just being together.

First, we went to a local pumpkin patch.  This year the pumpkin patch was rather disappointing.  The farmer decided not to plant very much to allow the ground to rest.  The pumpkins that were planted were pretty much picked over.  Ava was excited to get a Jarrahdale pumpkin to make a fresh pumpkin pie, but they didn't have any.  We played for a little bit, took some pictures, and then headed home empty handed.

At home we decided to take care of the enormous amount of leaves all over our yard.  Ava and I raked while Rich used the leaf blower.  We made a giant pile for Ava to play in before we put them in the yard waste.  Ava had a blast and ended up getting really dirty.  She was so happy to be with her dad and the smiles on her face show it.

Ava thought it would make a good picture for her and Rich to pretend to be tied up.  She had some whole story about the bad guys capturing them and tying them up.  It was weird, but I went with it.

Ava liked it when Rich dropped her in the pile of leaves.

Ava loved being buried in the leaves.  She had Rich cover her up several times.