We've been going to a pumpkin patch of some kind religiously since October 2007 and this year was no different. It's amazing that each year, this pilgrimage doesn't get old. Who knew kids loved pumpkins so much? Ok, so I'm not that dense, I've realized it isn't the orange globes full of gooey gunk that attract them like flies but rather the petting zoos, the bouncing pillows, the corn mazes, the teepees, the popcorn, the apples and the hayrides that keep us coming back for more. And for Adrienne, one of this year's attractions was the mud. Well, the mud was just a bonus, what she really loved were the stinky animals. Donkeys and llamas and goats and sheep - she loved em' all. She wanted to feed them her popcorn but they had strict rules against that.
Now, Luke on the other hand liked the teepees with the carved jack-o-lanterns and the hayride. Of course, the pumpkin patch squeaked more money out of us for the hayride but how do you say no to the kid who loves anything with wheels. He was happy as a clam sitting on the hay bales on the wagon with Uncle Nick.
Now for the orange things - Luke could have cared less about the actual pumpkins while Ade was busy piling the wagon with "the baby ones." We now have an unusually lopsided display of small and medium sized pumpkins. The good news is that at least Luke is excited about using his tools on the pumpkins - hoping it doesn't look like a murder scene when we are done carving.
