We have yet another fun-filled weekend. I like keeping posts short and sweet, both for your reading pleasure and my writing sanity, so I figure splitting the weekend up would work well. It’s only Saturday afternoon, but we have already lived up the day.

This morning, I slept in until 7:00 and then we stayed in bed together until 8:00. Makenzie snuggled her teddy bear and Peter gave me a back and leg rub to help with the perpetual sciatic pain that plagues me this pregnancy. As you can imagine, it felt GLORIOUS!

We rolled out of bed at 8 to head out for a special breakfast I have been craving. Not a balanced breakfast at all, but one I knew I wanted this fall. A featured fall donut from Dutch Monkey! This local donut shop knows how to make donuts to perfection.

They literally are the only donuts I desire now. They are handmade daily with fresh ingredients. Who cares if that still includes sugar, oil, and butter? Or whatever makes up donuts. It’s been months since I’ve had one of their special creations. It was time. I had one pumpkin donut and shared a mocha iced.

After my donut for breakfast, we headed to a local walking trail for a quick walk. I wanted to go for an hour but that wasn’t possible since we got a later start. Peter was on call for his work this week and of course an emergency would occur right before leaving, which put us an hour behind schedule. A curse plagues him. It never fails that a call will come in just as we’re about to do something special. C’est la vie, right?

We still managed a brief walk of about 2 miles. It still felt good. It still was beautiful.

Before getting on with our day, we had to hit up the store for a few things for the fall party we have today. I had to make something sweet to bring. I’m the designated sweets person, which I love. I made some Halloween bark that I saw on Lee’s blog about a week ago. Super easy and very festive.

I spread candy corn, crumbled Halloween sandwich cookies, and pretzels in a pan, then poured melted chocolate over them (dark + orange dyed white). I let it harden, then broke it into chunks for a little fall treat. Now, time to continue more fall fun! Have a great rest of the day/night. 🙂

• Favorite type of chocolate? Dark!!
• Best part of your Saturday?
• Don’t forget to ASK ME ANYTHING for the Q + A series of November.

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Thanks for all the wishes to rest up and continue feeling better. I’m still doing much better than yesterday and feeling more like normal at this point My body still feels a bit tired at times and waves of nausea still come and go. Although that could be related to the 3rd trimester, which I’m in as of this week. I sincerely hope this trimester goes quicker than the others. I’m over being pregnant this go around. Constantly feeling swollen, achy, and not my normal lost its appeal quickly.

Since I took some quality time with my bed and the back of my eyelids yesterday, I need to back things up and recap a very special part of our weekend. Of course, it does not compare to M’s 2nd birthday festivities, but it still is a special time I want to share. Starting October 2008, while M was in utero, we began a family tradition of going to Uncle Shucks’ pumpkin patch and corn maze every fall.

I look forward to this every year! And every year keeps getting better as Makenzie gets older and more interested in activities like this. I already anticipate her excitement for Christmas lights this year. 😀

We started our time at Uncle Shucks with the corn maze. They create a different design each year so you always have a new course to find your way on. We go in armed with water bottles and these little cards.

It should come as no surprise that I thought the space between the lines was the pathways. Despite the top left corner telling me the lines are the pathways…and its been that way each of the three times we have visited. Doh! If it weren’t for Peter saving me from my lack of directional skills, I would likely still be in the midst of all this…

Makenzie started off the course looking like this…

…but quickly crumbled and wanted OUT. Lesson learned. Birthday party + corn maze = too much for one day. For both my pregnant body and a two year old. She quickly calmed down though when she discovered a corn maze just the right size for her.

And my limited directional capacity. Please don’t laugh when I tell you I almost got lost in the kid maze. Makenzie had to lead me out.

The fun continued with a family hay ride around the corn maze.

By that time, we needed to hit the road. Not before getting what we came for though. Makenzie had some energy to spare so we put her to work.

And we left with two gorgeous carving pumpkins, coming to a post near you in the next week or two! 😉 (PS - No children were harmed in the production of this post.)

‘Twas a perfect way to spend a fall day. Minus waking up feeling terrible the next morning, but we can just forget about that minor detail.

• Have you ever been to a corn maze or pumpkin patch?
• What is your favorite fall tradition?
• Don't forget to Ask Me Anything for a Q + A series I hope to start in November!