Pumpkin Picking

This morning I took the kids to Hodges Dairy Farm to do the obligatory fall pumpkin picking/ hay ride activities. Joel was working, and Ben had a 1:15 soccer game, so we had to find a pumpkin patch that was open on Sunday morning, and close enough so that we could get there, not be too rushed, and get back in time to eat lunch and get over to the JCC for soccer. We did a pretty good job, despite my initial misgivings about the whole idea. Ben was very insistent about wanting to pick pumpkins, since our planned outing last weekend got rained out. So at the last minute I gave in, hastily found one that was open, and off we went.

It was actually pretty fun, if a bit chilly and windy this morning. We picked a couple of pumpkins, did a hay ride, saw some farm animals, wandered around in a corn maze (well actually I think it was grass not corn), and slid down a hay stack (them not me). With the aid of the drive-through window at Burger King, we managed to make it home to eat lunch and get to soccer on time. Below are some pictures from our pumpkin-picking extravaganza.