What signifies fall? Fall is when the leaves change colors, cooler temperatures arrive, we celebrate Halloween and Thanksgiving, warm coffee and cider trump anything cold, the scent of apple pumpkin candles fill my house, and the time to visit pumpkin patches with my family. Fall is my favorite season of the year!
To get in the fall spirit, I have been lighting my fall candles daily! They smell soooo good, but that won't cut it. We needed to do something more. I had been hearing a lot about a "pumpkin patch" not too far from where we live. Since we didn't take Connor last year, we had to go this year even though I heard it wasn't like the traditional American pumpkin patch. You know, with all the fun games, yummy food, corn mazes, hayrides, and a field full of pumpkins.
When we drove up to the address, I was impressed. No, they didn't have all those things I was used to seeing at a pumpkin patch in America, but they did have a ton of pumpkins! And a great variety at that.
Connor was really excited when we arrived! We talked about his pumpkins the whole way there to try and keep him awake. He had already decided that he was going to get a baby pumpkin, Mommy was going to get a mommy pumpkin, and Daddy was going to get a daddy pumpkin. He doesn't refer to them as small, medium, and large, he refers to them as baby, mommy, and daddy. Whatever floats his boat!
Before we could walk into the pumpkin patch, we had to enter through a little gate that was connected to a counter with all kinds of nuts, jams, and other stuff that was for sale. Connor grabbed a small pumpkin when I wasn't looking and held onto it the entire time we were there. I am kicking myself now for not buying that specific one for him since he picked it out, but we can remember it from the pictures.
Right after we caught him with the baby pumpkin.
I love the pumpkin man they set up with a bottle of wine.
This little boy of mine melts my heart!!!
Aaron acting silly.
I'm so lucky to be his mommy.
So many to choose from!
All Connor wanted to do was hold his baby pumpkin and look around. Things were going great until Connor spotted a small fountain with fish swimming in it. He wanted to play with the water and try to touch the fish. Then he a stuck big stick into the fence to try and poke the fish.
He didn't listen to us when we told him to stop over and over. When I took the stick away, the melt down started and Aaron had to take him to the car. He had been up
since 6 am and several other times during the night. He wasn't in a good
mood, and that just sent him over the edge! While I calmed him down, Aaron bought our 5 pumpkins! One for Aaron, one for me, one for Connor, one for Kylie, and one for Pearl. The sweet owner gave us the two smaller ones for free.
Even though it wasn't your traditional pumpkin patch, I left happy {minus the Connor melt down}. We are living in another country and things aren't always the same as
what we are used to. We have to make the best of it, so we did just
that!
Our pumpkins in their new home!
{{You can read about Connor's first pumpkin patch experience HERE. I can't believe how much he has changed in 2 years!}}
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