Pumpkin Picking

We went on a pumpkin adventure last weekend. I was looking for a pumpkin patch but those all seem to require an expensive hayride, which I'm not interested in. So, we found a pumpkin barn. That was a slightly better choice than the already-been-picked pumpkin patch at the church down the street (sorry, I don't want a church in the background of my pumpkin picking pictures)... or the ever famous Kroger Pumpkin Patch.

I picked the place because they advertised some farmyard animal petting too and I thought Evan would like that. We saw a goat, a sheep and two little horses. The shock and then excitement on his face when the horses neighed was priceless.

And, we picked out some pumpkins for relatively cheap. David's not a big pumpkin carving, or Halloween in general, fan so we got two small ones for decoration and one big one that I'll carve while Evan watches and I'm sure David will ignore the pumpkin action. Or maybe I'll enlist him as the photographer.

[Side note: One of my biggest hopes and dreams for Evan is that he enjoys Halloween and pumpkin carving and haunted houses and scary movies and... you get the point. It's been a long time since I've had a scary partner in crime.]

Evan liked looking at the pumpkins. He wanted to pick them up. All the ones on the floor were too heavy, but that didn't stop him from trying.

This is about as "farm kid" as he gets. Aunt Suzy would be proud.

"See all those pretty orange pumpkins?
No, thank you.
I'll take this green, warty one. " 

"What's up, guys?"

"Mom! I love these guys! Can I have one?"

Mr. & Mr. Ed: "Evan, come back!"

Baby-sized pumpkin for baby-sized person

Stay tuned for the carving pictures...