Patch

This year's October was a little different since Scott and I spent so much time at my parents' (see previous post). So we didn't get to do quite as much pumpkin patching as I would have liked, not to mention decorate (tear). We finally made it to the "patch" last weekend while we were home with daddy. I say patch because when you ask Scott to say pumpkin patch he just says the patch part...and now when he sees a pumpkin or jack-o-lantern anywhere he refers to it as "patch" - hilarious!

So anyways we hit the Pierce Patch right when they opened, unfortunately it was already 85 degrees and getting hotter by the minute which made for a less than fabulous time. We made the best of it by getting some pumpkin pictures and seeing some of the best attractions.

Scott really wanted to watch the pony rides and was disappointed that he couldn't ride himself (you had to be 2) or at the very least pet them. He kept saying "pet, peas...pet neigh neigh peas mommy"....so sad!

We did get to pet the goats at the petting zoo...not neigh neighs but it did the trick.

Then we had a carousel ride - at least he got to ride these neigh neighs. He spotted the carousel the moment we walked in and talked about it the whole time until we rode it - we really had no choice.

We didn't even get a family patch picture this year so we had to settle for separate pics of mom and dad each with the munch...you can tell in the picture how hot and miserable it is by Scott's pink cheekers...good choice on the long sleeve shirt mom?!!!?!?!!

We picked out some "patches" and Scott loved this little one that he could carry around.

Confession: we didn't even buy pumpkins...turns out the are like 90% cheaper at Trader Joe's so when I did my shopping that afternoon I picked out a pumpkin to carve (2.99...would have been 13 or so at Pierce) and a small pumpkin for Scott like the one he's carrying above (for a dollar!). So we aren't total Halloween humbugs. Even though it was hot we still had a fun morning at the patch!