It's Pumpkin Time!

October 21, 2012

It's the other most wonderful time of the year!  Harvest, Thanksgiving, Halloween.  The rains have come, the leaves are falling, the heavy ocean wind has returned, and we are back into our vests and gum boots once again.  I just love fall.  To me it is a season of new beginnings - I realize that is supposed to be Spring but I guess, maybe because school always started in the fall for me, I feel a sense of anticipation, excitement, and re-birth.  Also, orange looks good on me.

We went back to the pumpkin patch today.  Finlay couldn't care less about the pumpkins.  He was all about the tractor and hay ride.  One of his favourite books right now is a Thomas the Train book called "Edward and the Party."  In this book, Terrence the Tractor gives hay rides to the people at the party.  Finlay made the connection pretty quick and was squealing about the tractor the entire time we were there.

"Look, Fin, pumpkins!" and he sees the tractor, screams, yells "purdy" which to him means "LOOK!"

Game over.  We are maybe 3 meters into the patch and all he can see is the tractors, two of them, driving people back and forth from the parking lot to the patch (we walked from the car).

"Finlay, will you help us pick a pumpkin?"

"No."

"Will you hold this one and pose for a picture?"

"No."

"Look, Mama is posing for the camera."

"No."  He turns to look at the tractor and starts walking towards it.  He waves "Hi!" over and over to the tractor.

That's right.  Terrence is getting more of a greeting than I do when I pick Fin up from daycare each day.

So Tyler and I chose the pumpkin.  We went with the one on the right.  No soft spots, kind of yellow, not too big...

Tractor and Toddler.  Together at last!

Still didn't want to pose for a picture.  He's out of practice.  Just wanted to ride or drive the tractor.

There.  We sneaked onto the tractor for a hay ride.  He was beside himself with excitement.  Squealing and beaming and vibrating with joy!

We're moving!!

Also rode a cow.  There are a lot of cool things to do at this pumpkin patch, like a haunted house, train ride, corn maze, bouncy castle, and petting zoo - but due to moving at the end of the month, we were low on cash.  The cow ride was free.

So was the balloon.  We go a lot out of an hour at the Pumpkin Patch!  So glad we went!
I'm excited to return with a slightly older Finlay next year!  We'll take the train ride for sure!