Pumpkin Patch

We had quite a day! First we hit a neighborhood festival this morning (sadly, I forgot my camera for that one). This was the first festival that we attended after moving here last year, so it was fun to go again this year! It was doubly fun because Carter was actually old enough to participate in most of the kids activities: he got a tattoo, painted a pumpkin, made a necklace, jumped in the bouncy castle, made his own snack mix and tried to climb on stage with the karate demonstrators. Then, after a failed nap attempt, we headed to a GREAT pumpkin patch.

They had a petting zoo, fun slides, a hayride, tricycles, peddle cars, a playground, corn shooters, a pumpkin sling and a water-pump game thing. And those are just the things we didn't get good pictures of! They also had...

A corn box (like a sandbox, but filled with corn)

A cow train

(There weren't any multi-occupancy cows left by the time we got there, so we let Carter go on this by himself. As soon as they drove off, we immediately realized we'd made a mistake. How could we let our 2 year old go by himself!? Sure, he was strapped in, and the mom sitting behind him offered to keep an eye out and grab him if he tried to unbuckle, AND they didn't go very far at all, but we still started to worry and be afraid that he'd be scared when he realized we weren't with him. We needn't have worried. He had a great time and didn't seem to notice he was alone...)

PIGLET RACES!! seriously.



A hay maze, which Carter quickly... mastered Though the same technique was not possible with in the very complex corn maze (that started at the end of this fun slide).

But, BEST of all, they had a REAL pumpkin patch. Unlike many I've seen, there weren't just a bunch of already picked pumpkins in a bare field, there were actual pumpkins still on the vine!
Carter will be sleeping well tonight, I'm sure.