Sweet Yet Sour

Two weeks ago (before this latest round of colds began), my sister and I decided to take the kids to a pumpkin farm out east in the farm country.  The farm’s website said they were family run and promised pumpkins, hay ride and an indoor hay bale maze.  Sounded like a blast to us!

It was a little bit more than an hour to get there, longer if you count the stop at Wal-Mart in the middle of nowhere to change a diaper, get out some snacks for the kids and make a potty stop, but well worth it.  After winding around back country roads we came upon the beautiful yellow farm house with wrap-around porch (I want one of those) with a barn and pumpkin patch.

There were all sizes of pumpkins for the kids to choose from, pygmy goats and dogs to pet and lots of other animals to look at for the kids.  There were pigs, chickens, ducks and geese so Anna and Brendan got the full farm experience.  After picking out our pumpkins, including my finding the one white pumpkin from the crop for Brendan, we hopped onto the hay ride.  There were not many people there so we all fit onto the hay wagon.

We got a tour of the farm equipment (oooh! tractors!) and then went down the hill to the cow pasture.  The farmer told us all about each of the cows, including their names (the one bull is called “Lucky” because he’s the only bull) and the dwarf cow, Goliath.  There was also a beautiful retired race horse.  All of them came up to the hay wagon and began to eat our seats, so they were fed a little before we left so that they wouldn’t follow us out of the pasture.

All-in-all it was a great pumpkin hunt, and for $22 total we got 10 pumpkins, a hayride for all 4 of us and 1 hot dog for Brendan – cheap by our standards.  I still had a broken camera at the time, but I did manage to take a few pictures with my cell phone.  It was a nice 60ish day so it was perfect for being out on the farm!

Anna in the pumpkin patch

Brendan hugs his pumpkin

Anna finds a pumpkin she can carry

Look! I found some hay!

That hay will look really good on your head!

Anna tries to get out of the pumpkin patch

Lost the coat, but still carrying the pumpkin...