Pumpkin Festival

Our first Pumpkin Festival as return Morton residents is over. We had such a great time this year and got to go every day to the festival. Jack absolutely loves festivals and we had been talking about the Pumpkin Festival all week. It was very challenging for him to understand that we had to wait until evening to go, as the festival is not open during the days. Our evenings were filled with family, yummy food and fun rides. Jack's favorites were the train and the bike. His least favorite was the roller coaster...he hated that one and I can't say I blame him, it looks very rough. It was fun to take the twins out and see so many familiar faces. Our 2010 P-Fest experience was topped off on Saturday with a visit from friends from Palatine. They Lyons and the Johnson's came down for the day to visit us and enjoy the P-Fest. We had grand plans to enjoy the parade, pumpkin pancakes, crafts and rides. However, the parade got rained out. Luckily we were sitting somewhat near the beginning so we got a little bit of candy and saw the beginning of the parade before we ran for cover at Kevin and Nicole's house. Once the rain passed we walked back to the festival. Unfortunately they were out of pancakes and donuts, but we still had a yummy lunch and a round of apple cider slushies. The kids rode a few rides and then we enjoyed some more relaxing time out at my parents house for a while. It was wonderful to see friends and for the kids to see each other again!