Pumpkin Patch 2019

October. It's such a gorgeous month.

I often take a leisurely drive on some backstreets just so I can dwell in this crisp season longer. The scenery brings so much happiness to me. October is also a month of traditional outings, pumpkin patch visits, hayrides, sweet roasted corn, overcast skies and flavored coffee. A time when we also embrace the crisp weather with gladness because the hot days are finally over but we're also not dealing with bitter cold temperatures yet. In essence, October offers perfect weather.

It's been a few years now that we visit two pumpkin patches on the same day. We do this because one of the pumpkin patches has a great deal of children activities but their food is not really that good, the other pumpkin patch doesn't have as many children activities but their food is a lot better especially the fact that their sweet roasted corn is truly delicious! This works well with our family and given that we have one child with us now, doing things has gotten a lot easier for us.

Always try out the corn maze. It's fun ... unless you've been trying to find your way out for like 20 minutes then things can become a little frustrating, LOL! Good thing that didn't happen to us this time but it has in the past. 

Jacob had the map, obviously trying to figure out the way out so he wouldn't get us lost.

Boys are fun! On the hayride back to the main activity area.

Not sure why Riley's faced the wrong direction. My son, he does quirky things sometimes.

He loves the slide. He must have gone down this thing about ten times.

And of course there's a petting zoo. Super cute farm animals.

Riley mentioned that these "carts" were hard to peddle. Jacob had to give him a push a few times. 

This took place at the second pumpkin patch. The first thing we did once we arrived was to eat. Delicious.

Then we went searching for pumpkins! I remembered to bring my shears. So glad too because you know the stem/handle has tiny prickly things on it and it hurts like heck if you touch it! I hate it.

I enjoy taking my time walking through the pumpkin patch. I try to get pumpkins of different shapes and sizes. They make interesting jack-o-lanterns. 

Cleaning the pumpkins on this old water spigot is super messy. The muddy water splashes everywhere. One has to be prepared to get dirty.

We sure look forward to this pumpkin patch outing. Sometimes we eat at one of the patches but sometimes (even if we do eat a sweet roasted corn) we go to a restaurant after the patch. It depends on what we're craving at the time. But, we always leave these patches with funny and fun memories.

Enjoy each stage as you go through life.