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Pumpkin Day(s) 2012

October 21, 2012 2 Comments
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Boo!

I’m sure you all remember how obsessed I am with our annual Pumpkin Day field trip?!  We love Pumpkin Days so much we decided to do two this year.

Well, we had to cut or original Pumpkin Day short due to freeeeezing cold weather (winter coats, hats, gloves, the whole sha-bang) so we decided to add a Part II to this year’s Pumpkin festivities.

No complaints from the peanut gallery here.

Part I: Rock Creek Farms ~ U-Pick-Em (right off the vine!)

The boys bundled up and braved the near freezing temperatures to pick the perfect pumpkins.

The bigger, the better.

Half your size ~ even better-er!

Big enough that Joel felt he should drive further into the patch to pick up these giants rather than risk carrying them by the vines and possibly dropping/smashing it to the ground.  Smart man, this husband of mine.

We defrosted to saucy, cheesy enchiladas and Snickerdoodles (recipes to follow!); perfect for a cold fall day!

Part II: Miller Farms ~ Fill-er Up Wagons (as much as you can load onto a wagon for a flat price!)

On a much warmer day…

My mother-in-law was as giddy as the boys were for us to get out to this farm and load up a wagon full of pumpkins, squash, gourds, onions & potatoes.  All shapes and sizes.

And boy where there pumpkins everywhere.

And by everywhere, I mean everywhere!  Piled high everywhere you turned.  Big ones, little ones, orange ones, white ones, green ones, spiky ones, multicolored ones ~ I could go on and on.

Joel was in major concentration mode.  Each time the tower would fall, it became more and more of a challenge for him to build the stacks as high as he could and get as many pieces on the wagon as possible.

Drew couldn’t squeeze this little squash onto the wagon without Joel approving how and where to place it!  (Is it just me, or is that a total QB football stance that Drew is rocking with that baby squash?)

Aiden zoomed all around looking for all shapes and sizes to fit in every nook & cranny.

He even had other farm goers helping him dig through this giant pile to find the perfect pieces!

The beauty of this challenge is you just have to have it piled high and stable enough for the cashier to check off your cart and pay.  You don’t have to move it until after you’ve paid for your loot.  Thank goodness, because with the first step with our wagon, after we’d paid and checked out, our structure came tumbling down!  It took two wagons to get the load to the car.

When it was all said and done, after Pumpkin Day II came to and end, we witnessed this beautiful sunset from my In-Law’s front yard.

How’s that for a perfect ending to two perfect Pumpkin Days?

Aiden has been antsy-pantsy to get his monster faces put on his pumpkins.  With Halloween just around the corner I think we can continue the pumpkin fun this week and get that done for him!

If you haven’t gotten your pumpkins yet, it’s not too late!  Support your local farmers and bypass the piles at the grocery stores.  The experience is 10x better, I promise.

Boo to you too, Boo!

~pw

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Written by: Phanneth
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Pumpkin Day 2011

October 18, 2011 2 Comments
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This day is such a big deal to me, I don’t even know if I can express all of the fun I expect to get out of this day in one tiny little blog post…

It used to be that Joel and I would lazily roll out of bed (likely hung over), hit the drive-thru at Starbucks, dark sunglasses in position,  and then wander around Rock Creek Farm looking for the biggest, most perfect pumpkin ever.  We’d spend the day holed up in the house, drinking warm apple cider, making chili and rice crispy treats and then carve out said “perfect” pumpkin and roast pumpkin seeds.  There is no better way to welcome fall.

Scratch that: no better way until you multiply the fun factor of this day by a 3 year old and a 1 year old.  This year we scheduled Pumpkin Day with our neighbors, but got rained out by the first snow of the season (really, sleet here, but snow in other parts of town).  I got a little overzealous with bright orange rice crispy treats cut into pumpkin shapes and homemade oatmeal raisin cookies.  Though not needed for the trek on the farm, they were still enjoyed by the kiddos as they tore through the Wrights’ play room (sorry, Tracey!).

Make-up Pumpkin Day turned out to be a chilly start, but warmed up to a sunny 80 degrees!  We still hit the drive-thru at Starbucks on our way out of town.  A Venti for Joel (to get him through the morning), a triple Grande for me (espresso & I are BFF…milk & I, not so much) and a boxed chocolate milk for Aiden (see said box of chocolate milk in his firm grip below).  He’s mostly proud of the fact that he can carry it around, shake it up himself and then manage the straw without spilling.  Drew was super low maintenance.  He was back to sleep in his car seat before we even pulled out of town.Rock Creek has miles and miles of pumpkin patches with pumpkins still on the vine.  You drive right up to the edge of the patch, park your car and start searching.  Aiden’s little legs could hike all day if it meant finding his perfect pumpkin.  And if he knew he could ‘man’ the vine saw.  He’s such a boy when it comes to getting dirty and using tools.  Drew was content to keep from tripping over the vines, trying to pick up pumpkins that were bigger than him and following Aiden and Joel around as fast as he could.

A new twist on Pumpkin Day was our detour to Lucky Pie in Louisville for lunch and then a little ice cream dessert at Sweet Cow.  Lunch & dessert were so good, this little detour might become a new part of our Pumpkin Day.  (…more on these fab places later!)

Pumpkins are home!  The boys are up from their naps and it’s time to dig in for pumpkin seeds.  Or not.  Carving pumpkins with these little ones is a lot different than what we used to do.  We’ll have to wait until after Halloween to harvest seeds and roast them.  The boys have little Mr. Potato Head kits that they stick eyes, ears, a mouth and a nose to.  Cuter, uglier and a heck of a lot easier and cleaner!  Poor Aiden, who is subject to 3 y/o tantrums, would freak out if he saw Drew stealing an ear or remove an eye.  So what does Drew do?  He waits for Aiden to turn his back then he stealthily sneaks away a hand here, a horn there and and ear or two.  Ha!  Sibling rivalry at it’s finest.

Happy Halloweenie!

Love,

pw

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Written by: Phanneth

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