Pumpkin Patch

 I needed to get out and do something yesterday so Justin took a break and we went to the pumpkin patch! There is a big pumpkin patch/corn maize/hay rides/cow train, etc. place that is supposed to be really cool. But it was SUPER overpriced and they charged you for every little thing. I had visions of the apple festival in my mind. (Supposed to be really cool but ended up being kind of a lame money pit.) And since we only had an hour, we went to a smaller pumpkin patch we had seen advertised. It was PERFECT. Exactly what I wanted. It is normally $2 to get in but they weren't doing hayrides that day so we got in for $1; included in that price we each got to pick out a small pumpkin to take home. It was a little bummer the hay ride wasn't working, but it didn't ruin our day. They had a miniature hay maze. We made Matthew go through by himself and he did great! They had a few different picture spots set up. Since we hadn't been planning on this outing, we weren't dressed in our autumn finest...but who cares?  We tried out our hand at some roping. We weren't very good, but Matthew was entertained by our efforts.Then we roamed through the pumpkin patch and picked out a large pumpkin for carving. We also got a couple of pie pumpkins for me to cook with. I am going to try the Cinderella pumpkin for a pie; the lady said they are supposed to be really good. So we'll see how that turns out.

I loved these things. They have them in the field by the freeway to advertise and whenever we drive by Matthew gets super excited to see the giant pumpkin faces.

 It was a fabulous little pumpkin patch and made me want to have my own pumpkin patch someday.