Our lil pumpkin!

Last weekend, Cam and I, along with our friends Greg and Erin, decided to take our little ones, Riley and Tygh, to go pick some pumpkins from a pumpkin patch.

The place was huge! On one side of the farm was the patch of pumpkins, which as soon as we got there and got out of the car, Riley found. Here's a video of Riley not moments after we arrived trying to pick up one of the pumpkins (a common theme throughout the day).




On the other side of the farm were all these attractions. There were zip lines, apple slings, apples shooters, a hay maze, a petting zoo, plus more. After spending a few minutes laughing at Riley's vain attempts to pick up pumpkins, we met up with Greg, Erin, and Tygh and decided to see the attractions. Now, technically you were supposed to pay $10 per adult to actually do any of the activities (kids were free), but you could walk around for free. So, we walked around, although admittedly we went in to the petting zoo (no one was monitoring anything really) so the kids could see the animals.

It was super cute because when Riley saw the cows she starting saying, "Moo!" She was also brave enough to have the goats eat from her hand. We got a picture of it, but when we tried to video it she had decided that she didn't like it.



After we toured around some more (and got some kettle corn, which both kids LOVED), we headed off to find our pumpkins. The great thing about going to a patch like this is that they give you a wheelbarrow to cart your pumpkins around in. Or small children. Whatever works.

Here's Riley and Tygh exploring our wheelbarrow.





Here's the picture I referenced in the video. I just love the look on Tygh's face.



Unfortunately we don't have any great videos of the two kids trying to pick up a pumpkin together. It was kind of hard to keep up with them as they just went every which way, enjoying the open space.

After spending a couple of hours running around, both kids were pretty wiped. Good thing we had that wheelbarrow. As Riley can attest, it sure seemed like the way to travel!





Hopefully when we move to Michigan they'll have pumpkin farms like this. I never went to one as a kid (not that I remember anyway), and I think that it would be super fun to go every year and make it a family tradition!