Thursday, October 27, 2011

Pumpkin Patches!

What is Fall without a trip to the Pumpkin Patch?! And when does Patterson bunch miss a reason to celebrate? You're right, never. So to the pumpkin patch we went! Twice.

First we joined our neighbors at Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch. The highlights here other than the absolutely amazing day, were feeding a giraffe, seeing a real live llama llama red pajama, Marin's first pony ride and picking our pumpkin right off the stalk! Marin ran like the wind with her friends Finn and Parker, rode on a hayride, and on the train, blowing her little train whistle the whole time. Emilie loved the fresh air, and being pushed around taking in the sights. What a fantastic day together!


A few weeks later, Grandma took the girls and me to Kuipers' Pumpkin Patch. When my mom retired in the spring, she said the thing she was most excited for was taking her grandchildren to the pumpkin patch. We were derailed twice by weather, but we got it in, and had a great day! Marin loved the games and swings- naturally, making friends with three ten year olds about five minutes into our day. She also got to feed the goats, (when it was time to go she told them, "Excuse me, goats. I have to go to see the horsies now. Okay?! See you later!"), and slide down an enormous slide staked on top of hay. We ended the day with fresh apples, apple cider and a homemade doughnut! Three cheers for fall! Three cheers for Grandma!