matthew and i met up at the pumpkin patch today.  i brought mama, dada, and baby sister along, too.  we didn’t go to an ordinary corner lot with a pile of pumpkins.  we drove for nearly an hour to lemos farms which was transformed into a pumpkin patch on steroids. actually, make that crack.  the place was just nuts.  there was a petting zoo, train rides, hay rides, pony rides, jumpy houses, a live band, a haunted house, a face painter, a balloon-animal guy, homemade pumpkin goods (pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, pumpkin ice cream) and more.  i know i’m forgetting something, but let’s just say that there was way more stuff than we could fit into a single day.

we fed the goats.  we petted the goats.  we rode the ponies (everyone was shocked that i rode the pony by myself).  we rode the train.  went on a hayride.  baby sister slept through all of that, but the bumpy hayride woke her up.  i think she was mad when she woke up and saw what my shirt said (“will trade sister for candy”).  see the look of horror on her face?  click on the photo to make it bigger.  i promise it will make you laugh

we ate lunch while sitting on hay bales.  we played in the mini pumpkin patch.  we danced to the live music.  then we walked across the street to pastorino farms.  there, we walked through the field of pumpkins.  we took photos in the wooden cutouts.  we played in the giant corn stalks.

after all that it was after 2:00pm, but there was still so much more to do.  i especially wanted to ride the pony again, but everyone was too tired and ready to go home.  everyone but baby sister, that is.  she was just getting started.  too bad for her that she slept through most of the fun.

here are more pics from the day.