Pumpkins Everywhere

I just love going to the pumpkin patch. I’m not sure why, but I do. I think it might be the ushering in of fall, the colors, and the appeal of a warm drink afterwards, so long as the temperature is cooler. I think the kids had lots of fun. The pumpkin patch we went to this year was a little different than ones we have been to in the past. The field where the pumpkins were laid out was not where they were grown. So everything was nice and neat, in pretty rows that were very well organized. That makes it easy to find the pumpkin you want. Bear had lots of fun trying to pick up the pumpkins, some were a little big but other he could do pretty well. Isabelle just wanted to pick them up by their handles, which is never a good idea. And to top off our pumpkin visit, it rained. Fortunately we made it out before the big rain hit. The rain did not seem to damper the kids’ spirit at all, they were ready. And probably would have looked for a pumpkin in the rain had I not suggested we wait it out.

We rode a hayride, the kids bounced on the numerous bounce houses that were available, took pictures by the character cutouts and got lost in the hay bale maze. Bear was not so keen on the maze, Isabelle left him behind and he got lost. When I sent her back in to find him, she comes back out. . . “Oh he’s crying!” The next thing I know he is climbing on the hay bales and finds his way back out by going over the maze. Which of course is not recommended but hey what are you going to do when they don’t let adults enter the maze. At least he was resourceful enough to climb his way out. Over all it was pretty fun, even with the little bit of rain that got us. Of course my kids want to climb on the one bounce house that does not have a cover and proceed to get all wet. Bear was already wet on his knees and below from climbing in and out of the wagon as well as trying to pick up pumpkins but hey what’s a little more moisture.

I really wanted to get some good pictures of the kids at the pumpkin patch so that I could frame them and put them in the powder room, for our fall decorations every year, but they were not as cooperative as I would have liked. I’m sure some will work or I can pick from other years, after all I’ll have them for a while so I’m sure we can get a good picture sometime. They did have fun sitting in the pumpkins and trying to look cute. Bear liked to push the pumpkins off the hay bale they were sitting on so we moved away from there. I would have hated for him to bust a pumpkin and they we would have to take it home. I will encourage everyone to take their kids to the pumpkin patch even just for pictures, they always have fun, especially when they are young.