After skipping the customary pumpkin patch/orchard trip last fall, we instead enjoyed our urban patch a la Target..I promised the girls a real farm this year…
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The conversation from the backseat early Sunday morning on the way to the farm…(me, alone with all 3 kids…)
Esther: Mom – we are leaving the tall buildings, why are we leaving St. Paul?
Eloise: Esther, the pumpkins do not grow in St. Paul. We need to find another place – mom said we were going to the country. She might mean Mexico as that is another Country.
Esther: Mom, we have been driving for like, forever(it had been 10 minutes) how far is this country?
Eloise: Yeah Mom, you didn’t tell us we were going far away.
Esther:(we have finally left the freeway and are in the country on a 2 lane road with very few houses…) Mom, is it safe here?
Me: What do you mean, safe?
Esther: It just seems lonely and if something happened, there is no one out here to help.
Esther: Do you know what I like about the city(evidently reminiscing and missing her home), we have big swimming pools and we don’t have cow poop EVER in our front yard.
Eloise: Yeah, and we can walk to the grocery store and get coffee with friends. Where do you think people in this country grocery shop? It would take FOREVER to get anywhere.
Esther: I think these country people grow food, so maybe they can just make everything. You know at school, whatever food we don’t eat, we put in this big bucket that goes to feed pigs at a farm. On Friday I put my whole ham sandwich in there because I figured they would be hungry this weekend.
Eloise: You cannot feed a pig a ham sandwich – HAM IS MADE FROM PIGS – it would be like eating yourself. That is so gross. There is no way that pig ate your ham sandwich. Mom, do you think they sort out the ham before feeding the pigs?
Esther:(now in tears..) Mom, Eloise made me sad. I just wanted to give the pigs some food, I didn’t know we can’t feed them ham. See, I don’t like this country place at all.
Ah, life in the city with big swimming pools and no cow poop in the front yard..!
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crying laughing in my coffee..now I think automakers need to include a voice recording system for the back seat of cars so you can always keep these funny conversations.
Just remember Ford and Honda, MY IDEA!
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Maybe you should just stick to Target. ha ha Just kidding—glad you “ventured out” to the country
I grew up on a farm, so this really made me chuckle.
On a side note, ordered my first button bracelet from Kristi a few days ago—Christmas gift for Caroline’s pre-school teacher. I still want one for myself though, too!!!!
Don’t kids crack you up?
They crack me up! My Uncle Bud is a Wisconsin pig farmer. You should look him up.
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You know how you were just asking about gender stereotyping? My boy would be just like your girls on this trip. “Where are the people?” “Can I get bars (cell not beer) out here?” “What is that smell?” While my girls would be knee deep in mud squealing as they chased farm animals.
This post was one of your best yet. You are priceless.
Ah yes, you have raised them well my friend.
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OMG, I’m SOOOO glad you wrote all that down! You had me peeing in my pants over here! I love your kids!!
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Your conversations with your girls, or rather, their conversations amongst themselves are some of the Best posts ever. They are SOOO cute. Loved it that they thought they were going FAR far away and that the country might be unsafe. The pictures are over the top cuteness.
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This is one of the most.hysterical.conversations.ever!!! And the photo at the end is perfect!
But I hope y’all had a great time in the country despite the smells & poop & dangers of being far away from a Target!
Oh, and I love kp’s idea about a built in voice recorder in the car, PERFECT!!!
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Oh now, that was funny.
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