...and 1 makes 4.: Pumpkins!

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Pumpkins!

Dan and I have made it a practice to take the kids to the pumpkin patch during the week when it wasn't so crowded. We've been doing it that way since Kate was little. Well...we've been missing out. I took Jake on Sunday afternoon. Yes...I waited until the last weekend before Halloween. It was better late than never! We had a BLAST! Was it crowded...yes! Was that a problem...NO! We did everything that isn't normally opened during the week.

pony ride...

train ride...

hay ride and funnel cakes...

Jake lifted all of our pumpkins into the cart and helped me pull it through the patch.

We walked through the giant pumpkin fields and picked corn. I have no idea why we needed corn. It was Jake's idea.

My little man was determined to load the car for me. He would not let me help. It took him a few tries, but he managed to lift the biggest pumpkin into the car.

We made a quick stop at Lowe's for pumpkin hardware. When I mentioned stopping there to Jake, he said, "I love Lowe's...best place ever." His Papa loved hearing that one!

He had fun picking out hardware to use for this special pumpkin.

Kate and Rick also went to the pumpkin patch on Sunday. They worked on something extra special!

I was very impressed that Rick drew Stitch by hand just looking at a template on the computer. He didn't trace it!

I really enjoyed spending time with these two families last week. The moms are twin sisters. They scheduled back to back sessions, so we could do some family shots. It was SO cold the morning we did the shoot. I felt so badly for the kids, but they were troopers!