About Us

Victoria, BC, Canada
This blog began as a modern "baby book" for our first child, Finlay, who was born in December of 2010. The recent addition of Seamus, born in January of 2013, has meant continued efforts to put into words and pictures his early years. We also use this forum to catalog our family life: two loving partners, two beautiful kids, car-free, child-centred, attachment-focused, with a love of food and health thrown into the mix!

Pumpkin Patch

October 16, 2011


There is nothing cuter than a baby in a pumpkin patch!  This is why we went to one on the weekend: you are only a baby in Autumn once and we needed to see Finlay with some pumpkins.  It was sunny and warm and when we pulled into Galey Farms we knew we were in the right place.  Everywhere you looked there were parents and grandparents, young children and babies.  Also, there were fields of pumpkins, hay rides, a corn maze, a children's singing act, and a petting zoo!  We brought a picnic and our camera and really enjoyed our time as a family.


The farm also has a few quirky elements.  There is a haunted house, some haunted abandoned town features, the corn maze is "Egyptian" (it has a sphinx) and some other strange aspects.   

Finlay in the corn maze.  



A look-out point in the corn maze.

The sphinx in the corn maze.

There was a haunted grave yard.  Tyler wanted to show the "scary" creature that pops out of a grave.  See behind me in this photo compared to behind me in the next photo.

So scary.

Finlay loved being worn in our Ergo backpack.  He snuggled right in and actually fell asleep for a bit.

So we really wanted a good picture of Fin in the pumpkin patch.  He was questioning how important it really is to us...

"I'll think about cooperating..."
He also picked a pumpkin to take home with us.  The one to his right will be carved for Halloween!

"Okay, fine.  Like this?"

"How about this?"
This one is our favourite!
What a great day!

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