Another Trip to Millers

Well we did another run to Millers Farm this time with BigE's friend N from the old daycare. This time around it was fun for the kids and a chance for us to pick up some carving pumpkins.

No visit is complete without the wagon ride out into the pumpkin patch



We hooped off the ride early to go for a run through the corn maze. It was quite big. It probably wasn't the best idea to let the youngest kids pick the directions. But we got out. It did take a while.

After that we walked out into the pumpkin patch to find some pumpkins. We picked up one each to carve. I think that brings our total pumpkins to 6 or so. And I'm not counting the little ones either.

Then we hooped back on the tractor to ride to the main area. While we paid the kids ran through the piles of pumpkins and leaves.





Of course after some leaf throwing BigE realized that he hadn't gone after the photographer:



Finally they're home and all tuckered out. Here they are on the couch watching a little Lunar Jim to wind down:

The Runaway Pumpkin

I previously showed a picture of our accidental Pumpkin Patch. Well in hauling up the plants that had no pumpkins I found one vine that had gone through the fence.
As I tried to pull it through I realized we had another pumpkin. This one had been growing just on the neighbours side of the fence. Here I had thought that we had all those plants an only one pumpkin.

Of course by now I had chopped the vine out of the ground so the pumpkin was done growing. I brought it in to show off. It sat around for a day until it fell off the table and broke into a dozen pieces.

Now I know why it was trying to sneak out of our yard! It had feared for its safety.