Pumpkin Patch

With out Botanical Gardens membership, we got free tickets to the Pumpkin Patch and free pumpkins.  Can't beat that, so we went.

Grandma and Grandpa were in town, they walked around the Gardens with us for a bit but (wisely) skipped the Pumpkin Patch.

We had to wait around for the hay ride to come and get us and take us to the Patch.  The kids had no idea what was about to hit them.

 Jessenia is smiling in this picture but due to lack of sleep from the Ward Halloween Party the night before she was actually a big Grump-o-la!

 On the other hand, there is no lie behind that smile.  Reese was Mr. Chipper.

 Although he looks like he is trying to get away from me in this picture.  Hmmm.... This is actually just him asking me a million questions about the overall wearing farmer who was driving the tractor for the Hay Ride.  Just the other day he donned some overalls and said, "Like the guy who drives the tractor!".  The things that kids notice and retain is amazing.... but they can't remember such simple rules for the life of them.

 Reese walked right into the pumpkins and selected the first one he saw that he was able to carry.  And just to show me how strong he is, he lifted it over his head!

 Jessenia started out with this adorable little pumpkin.  Somehow she managed to hoodwink her father into a giant pumpkin.  Must have been that smile, she is a charmer.

 Brisbane was in heaven.  As soon as he saw the pumpkins he started saying, "ball. Ball. BALL. ball. Ball.  BALL."  He didn't know where to look first.

 But he then proceeded to pick up as many pumpkins as he could and throw them as far as he could.  Sorry to the poor people who ended up with those pumpkins.

 Then it was a loooooong wait for the hay ride to take us back to our cars.  As rookie Pumpkin Patchers we made the mistake of allowing two of our children to get pumpkins bigger than our heads.  With one child that has to be carried, two ginormous pumpkins, and a four year old who was tired of being the only kid carrying a pumpkin, we were in a sorry state.

But we tried to make the most of it.  All in all it was a good experience.  We didn't even get to carve our pumpkins this year because Mack's schedule was too crazy.  Maybe next year.  But you better believe that next year we are leaving the Patch with smaller pumpkins that weigh less than our kids.