A Visit to the Pumpkin Patch

One might assume with how much I love autumn, that surely I’ve been to a pumpkin patch before, but this year was actually my very first time visiting one.  In year’s past, we either grew our own pumpkins, such as the likes of this monstrous sized one…

My beloved Junior ~ the best dog there ever was  ❤

Or we just picked them up at random roadside stands or at a local market.

But now, without a garden large enough to grow our own, and with living in the midst of a busy city, we were wanting more of that country type of feeling added to our pumpkin selecting experience.  So after looking online for nearby pumpkin farms, we took a short drive to Waldoch Farm.

In going there on a weekday, we pretty much had the whole place to ourselves.  We saw a school bus in the parking lot when we pulled in and expected the pumpkin patch to be overrun by children, but they were in a different area of the farm during the time we were there.  Even though I enjoyed the more private setting with just my daughter and I out there amongst the pumpkins, I was sort of hoping there would be some children frolicking around.   I miss children.  I miss being around their wonderful energy and curiosity.  After eleven years of working at a school with them, I’ve felt a bit deprived in the four years since.  I would love to eventually get back to working with children in some sort of capacity in the future.

In the meantime, I’ll settle for enjoying my own (not-so-much-one-anymore) child.  Here she is picking out a pumpkin…

 

And here’s the one I picked…

We’re super excited to carve them tomorrow!  😀

 

And here’s just a random pumpkin I snapped a photo of…

Aren’t pumpkins just the happiest looking things?  🙂

 

We also picked up a couple of other pumpkins, along with a few gourds to set out in front of the house…

 

This warty yellow one is our favorite…

 

My mom came along with us to the pumpkin patch too.  She didn’t go trudging through the fields to pick out pumpkins with us, but I snapped a photo of her waiting in the car.  Even though you can’t see her in the backseat with the tinted glass.  😉

It was my mom’s as well as my daughter’s first time to a pumpkin patch too and the three of us had a really fun first-time experience.  Maybe this will become a new tradition for us in the years to come.  It’s never too late to start a tradition is it?  😉

 

How about you?  Have you ever been to a pumpkin farm to pick your own pumpkins…?

 

 

✿~Peace & Love~✿