We waited in line for over 30 minutes for the tractor to come take us to the field where the pumpkins are. The whole area was very dry and dusty and there were people smoking. The kids really did not enjoy waiting for the hayride, nor did we. Caitlin and I are better today, but not that much better. And, the cigarette smoke didn't help any of us.
We finally got on the hayride and taken to the pumpkin patch. The ride was really dusty and bumpy and was quite a long way from where we started. The patch itself was pretty dusty and dry, too, but there were a ton of pumpkins to choose from.
Caitlin planted herself next to one pumpkin and would not leave it. She tried to take a step away from it once, but acted like she was scared of the pumpkin vines and plants and would not move. So, that is the pumpkin we got for her.
On the ride into the patch, Conall declared that he wanted a really small pumpkin. Then he decided it had to be green. We tried to explain that these pumpkins weren't of the green variety and would turn orange as they ripen. He didn't care, he was determined to have a small green pumpkin. So, that's the one Conall got.
The kids seemed to have fun on the ride back in. Caitlin squirmed and squirmed until Stu put her down in the hay. She proceeded to try to bury herself in it. On the way in, the blow-up jumping thing for the kids collapsed with kids in it. I'm glad Conall didn't get in it!
I really hope our regular pumpkin patch is open next year.
Headed to the pumpkin patch
Conall stomping through the patch
Caitlin and her pumpkin
Caitlin playing in the hay
2 comments:
It looks as if the children had fun in the "country" even though you all didn't enjoy it. Hayrides never were my favorite activity and I am a country bumpkin!
Yes, they had fun once we got out to the pumpkins. I think if the people running it had been better organized about the hay rides and pumpkin picking, it would have been much better -- it was just a lot of waiting around and you know how that goes over with small kids. And, of course, I'm sure being sick didn't help anything.
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