Uncle Bill's Farm

On Saturday, it was an absolutely perfect fall day

and even though Steve had to work on the farm all day,

the girls and I decided to head to Grinnell to

Uncle Bill's Farm - it was SUCH a perfect day!

We typically have gone during the week, but

coming on a Saturday, we were pleasantly surprised with all the fun extra activities!

It was busy, but it was spread out so it didn't bother us!

right when we walked in there were 10-day old baby goats 

they were so cute, had on costumes and even diapers 

filling the can with feed to reel up to the goats 

Avery wanted to be Aubrey's piglet - ok?

And then Aubrey's turn - these two!

We ran into Aunt Cindy, Caitlyn, Caden and Catrina

while we were there. 

Aubrey riding in "Belle" 

Avery riding in "Sadie"

We were pleasantly surprised with the hour-long magic show!

Avery was the fist kid picked to help!

She didn't raise her hand, but the guy picked her anyway.

She was VERY shy at first, so Aubrey stood by her for a bit.

Before long, she was a STAR! 

Checking out all the jolly ranchers in the treasure chest

Then Avery had to pick a few handfuls of candy and put it in a jar. 

And he turned it into a jolly rancher necklace - WOW :)

Next was the "magic ball" trick!

She started out with one ball,,,

The she squeezed it and set it on the table and it turned into TWO!

(still not sure how that happened!) - check instagram for video 

He repeated the trick a few times, turning 2 into 3 and 3 into 4,,,,,hhhhmmmmmmm?!

She got to take the jolly rancher necklace home! 

Then Aubrey was called up to be the "lovely assistant" - 

she had to do posing while he did tricks for a bit. 

He "hypnotized" her - (AKA paid her $3) to say "Yes, Master"

Aubrey was very brave and had to close her eyes

and lay down on this table.

First the table had legs and then he moved the legs

and put a hoop through the table and she appeared to be FLOATING!

(still don't know how he did that, either!)

We didn't pick any big pumpkins this time,

but Aubrey found one she liked.

A lot were rotten already. 

Avery liked this one. 

Aubrey actually got to keep the $3 from the magic show

and she used $1 to buy a peacock feather - her favorite animal! 

Aubrey used her other $2 to get a $1 pumpkin for herself

and gave the $1 to Avery to get a pumpkin, too!