The "Punkin" Patch

We met up with some of our friends out at Anderson farm to go see the pumpkin patch. Jack could not be more excited, he;s been talking about "o-ange punkins" for weeks. He's been telling me that he "Neeeeeeds a punkin" every time we see one.

For some reason, when we got to the pumpkin patch, he thought you were supposed to eat the pumpkins.... I have no idea where he came up with that. So he was putting every pumpkin he could find in his mouth, "Ummm, YUMMY PUNKIN!". Gross, but kind of funny too.

We let Jack pet some of the animals at the petting zoo, but he was not at all interested in the animals, he was a little intrigued by them, but mostly standoff-ish, especially when he saw an old lawn mower sitting outside. How can a live pig compete with something that has an engine? It cannot. Jack let us know that he just "HAD to ride that mower". He was so cute playing on it until wasps started flying out of it. Mom and Dad put a quick stop to that activity, much to Jack's protests.

Then we let the boys ride this little train thing. We were so proud of Jack because he just hopped right on. I totally expected him to cry, but he had a big smile on his face the entire time. I think he was pretty proud of himself too. Check out the conductor. He's a good ol' boy if I ever saw one.

After the train ride, Gordy found a wagon and pulled all of the kids around for a while so us moms could chat. Isn't it funny how we all have a baby strapped on? And this is what I got to look down and see the entire evening. Isn't he just the sweetest?

Then we all headed over to the pumpkin patch where we let the kids wander, and run, and climb, and play. I think they all left with grass stains on their little knees, a sure sign that they had a good time. Is there anything more characteristic of a little boy than rolling around in the grass? So darn cute of them...

Jack found a daddy long legs spider, and tried to eat that too. I swear, it was like he was 8 months old again, trying to put everything in his mouth that night. Bizarre behavior I tell ya. 

None of us even ended up picking out a pumpkin there, but it was so much fun for the kids to see a working farm and to run around together. The highlight was when Jack lost one of his shoes in the tall grass. Luckily, Sarah spotted it about 10 yards away from where we were standing, like nano-seconds after we realized it was missing. She must have mommy eyes or something. It was incredible how quickly she found it. I mean, it could have literally been ANYWHERE in this giant field. It really could have been a major disaster. Crisis averted, people.

We tried getting a good family picture with the picturesque background, but Jacky-boy had other plans... so he's not in it. Who can blame him? Going crazy in a field is so much cooler than taking a picture with your family. 

Afterwards, we all packed up and headed over to Wendy's for dinner with the kiddos. We all had such a fun time together.