Pumpkin Patch

Every year we have the funnest outing with James' family. His dad takes us all to a pumpkin patch & buys everyone a pumpkin. Of course, the kids think it's the most wonderful thing ever:) They get to run & jump through rows of pumpkins until they find their favorite one & then they get to cut it off the vine. This year the patch had a cool kids maze & a haystack that the kids could climb. This obviously made it that much more fun for them. We then go back to James' parents house & I make my moms homemade scones while the kids paint their pumpkins. It's such a cozy little get together. It sort of gets everyone into the holiday spirit & kicks off the beginning of "Fall".
Madelyn always looks until she finds what she thinks is the biggest, roundest, & pretties orange pumpkin in the patch. Sometimes this takes a while:) Austin got to use the clippers by himself this year & proved to be a pro at it. He walked around clipping every branch in sight. Trey just followed his big brother around (surprise, surprise) jumping & running all the way. He even turfed it a few times, but got right up & kept on going!
They look forward to it every year...so much that they drive me to the point of breakdown. Starting about a month & a half early, they ask me each day how many more days until we go to the pumpkin patch. And every day I tell them, 45...44...43...42...41...40...39...and so on:) By the time we get to within a week of going, I'm ready to pull my hair out:) But what never fails to amaze me every year, is how happy it makes me to see them get so excited when the day finally comes!! Gotta love the enthusiasm kids bring to our lives:) What would we do without them??

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