Saturday, November 26, 2011

Pumpkins & Cranberry Festival

October brought cooler air and days with quickly fanishing daylight.  Mid month we needed some pumpkins for carving and decided to head back to Krause Berry Farm to see what they had growing!  When we got there, I asked who was ready for fresh warm donuts and this was the response...  :)

Molly and her "pink" donut.

Owen was warming his hand over my coffee.

After our snack, we were off to pick a few last blueberries and find the perfect pumpkins....  Owen was so excited he was skipping.

Molly the ever diligent follower of big brother.

They had little wagons to carry the pumpkins out of the field.  Owen pulled Molly all the way out to the field by himself.

Owen searched out and found his perfect pumpkin.

Molly with her pick!

Playing with the camera...  Molly loved these little squashes and tried to convince us to get 1, 2 3, 4 7 , 10 of them dad!


After picking out our pumpkins we went over to the Fort Langley Cranberry Fest.  It's an annual festival with lots of stuff to do for everyone.  Market vendors and great food!   We picked up some fantastic balsamic reduction from a small company based out of whistler.  The local fire department had a pancake lunch line where they had cranberry sausage and as Owen proclaimed "delish" pancakes.  It's primary sponsor is Ocean Spray.  Here's the link to more info.  http://www.cranberryfest.ca/

In Fort Langley they have a historic train station from Canadian National rail that is open for walk-through's so you can see how things used to be.  They also have a restored train car where they have a model train setup.  Owen of course was in his glory.

Kids on the bridge looking over the river.

Shapes on the bridge.

They had a few huge pumpkins and squash varieties in the town square. 

Will Stroet was playing live on the stage.  The kids had seen him previously at a show at the library. He's a local musician that writes and performs songs for kids. They are really fun, upbeat and not hard to listen to over and over again. Molly's favorite song is "Jam".

1 comment:

Shannon said...

I remember listening to Will Stroet while we were sightseeing in B.C.! Miss you guys....