Pumpkin Patch!

Recently, we made it out to Lane Farms for some autumnal fun: barnyard animals, pumpkins (little, medium, and HUGE), hayrides, and a corn maze.

Checking out the animals. We saw this big pig, turkeys, goats, and a donkey... Cyanne loved seeing them but still wasn't too keen on actually touching them.



Cyanne surveys the scene. Hm... which pumpkin will be mine?



Meandering through the giant "photo-op" pumpkins. I'm sure they are for sale too, but they're a little beyond our carving capacity at the moment...



How about this one?



Striking a pose. "Man, these are BIG!"



Here are a couple of photos from last year for comparison. Our little girl has grown up quite a bit!:



Cyanne was not really a fan of the corn maze. She clung to one of us throughout the "adventure." They do a really good job with it, I have to say. It is not an easy task to find your way out of there. We did manage to find our way through it. I am not sure though, whether we did it faster or slower than last year!


"Really," she says, "this is supposed to be fun?"

She was, however, a fan of the hay bale pile where kids could jump around and throw the stuff everywhere. I saw more than one kid covered in straw being dragged away by a scowling parent. Cyanne was very good, though, and didn't push our buttons - this time!



Queen of the Pumpkin Patch!



Someone is trying out hay as a snack...



Tom wonders why his veggies didn't look quite this good this year. I call this "Gardener's Envy." "You're right, Daddy. The garden didn't look quite like this. It'll be better next year..."



Cyanne was very meticulous in searching through the vast pumpkin patch for just the right one, or two, or three for us. We ended up with three when all was said and done, since we had to take one of the "baby" pumpkins in the bin too.

Cyanne really wanted her "baby" pumpkin.

On a mission...



This one!



Momentary distraction from the task at hand: a horse pulling a buggy around the farm.



Hmmm. So many options.



More!



Cyanne was not in the mood to pose for pictures - nothing new - but especially here when there was a serious job to do.



An overwhelming task...



Climbing the pile of "baby" pumpkins.



Who can resist a hay ride?



Off we go...



Yet, after all that fun and running around, our little toddler was still full of energy!