Pumpkin Patch 2015

 One of our favorite Fall traditions is a trip to the Pumpkin Patch. We went on Saturday and had a fantastic morning. Nathan actually gets to go back for school field trip next week, but he doesn't mind going twice!

Our first activity is a tractor ride to the pumpkin patch. 

Samuel always wants to sit next to Nathan when we do anything!

Nathan was on the hunt for a perfect pumpkin. We told him he had pick one that he could carry by himself, so he picked a big one that he could carry for a "little bit." He had a nice lady from the patch help him carry it over to us. Ha ha

Elisabeth called all the pumpkins, "Balls." So she had fun pointing to all the balls and trying to carry them.

She was obsessed with having to carry it by herself.

Samuel wanted a little pumpkin because he's little. We noticed that the little pumpkins at the patch hadn't been cut from the vine, so he never found one he wanted. We went back to the little store they have and he found a little one there he wanted.

After we got back from the patch and paid for our pumpkins (and fresh picked apples!), we headed across the street to the Pumpkin Playland.


A few days before we went to the pumpkin patch, Nathan asked if we could ride the horses this year. He reminded us that we couldn't last year because it cost extra money and we told him no. We decided that if he remembered it for a whole year that he didn't get to ride them, that we could splurge and afford the extra $5.00 for him to ride this year (and Little Brother too, of course).

They both loved it. Their smiles and excitement made it worth it. Nathan said it was better than Daddy's horsey rides.

We stopped and did a few other activities too. They had a hay jump that was new this year. Samuel spent a long time playing in it.

I think he went back twice to play in it while we were there.

Nathan also remembered these diggers and played on them twice too.

Elisabeth liked "milking" the pretend cow.

She was so obsessed with the pumpkins and always thinks she's bigger than she is. I got tickled when she tried to carry all the pumpkins (balls), and when she got frustrated because she couldn't, she cried for Matt to help her. By the end of the day, she was calling pumpkins, "ba ba". Not sure if she's trying to say pumpkin or still thought they were just balls.



And the kids loved these little wiggle cars. Nathan called them helicopters, and he said they were his favorite part of the day (I'm thinking there will be one under our Christmas tree this year :)).

I loved spending the morning playing with my sweet boy.

Since we've been home, the boys are having fun playing pumpkin patch. Nathan played with his tractor after our trip last year too.I love seeing them learning and figuring things out by playing.

And we painted our pumpkins too. I really thought we might have to make the jump to carving them this year, because Nathan was asking about it, but he was content to paint for at least one more year.