Pumpkin Picking Time

Some days I really don't mind when the kids' have a half day of school. Like when one of the busiest places to visit on the weekends in October is the pumpkin patch.

So with that in mind, we took off to the rolling fields full of pumpkins. Thanks to a fairly mild summer, the crop of pumpkins was good with many to choose from. That also works well when two of three kids are very picky about find the "perfect" one. The third and oldest of the 3 was not exactly thrilled that mom made him go and made him pick out his pumpkin and had to have his picture taken several times. Teenagers.

After finding our pumpkins and riding back on the tractor it was time to gather a few other goodies from the farm market. We ended up coming home with homemade apple butter, apple cider, caramel apple bread and pumpkin bread. It's kind of hard to not walk out of the farm market without one of those delicious treats this time of year.

Then being the wonderful mom that I am, it was time to head over to the ice cream shop (again full of homemade treats). The boys were excited to find that they had apple cider slushees. Just look at that enthusiasm from the oldest. (Did I mention someone did not want me taking pictures of him.)

Despite some grumbling, fussing and just regular sibling gripes, we still had a really good time. It was a perfect day to go. Temps in the upper 70s with a light breeze.

I really love this time of year and wish it would last year round.



(I'm adding these next pictures so I can look back and see how big they grow over the next year, as darling daughter reminded me---"You have to take my picture mommy so I can see how much bigger I am".)