Fun at the Pumpkin Patch

One of our family traditions, is to go to the pumpkin patch on or around Amelia's birthday. This year, we were excited that Nana and Papa were here to share in the fun. We decided to go to Heiser Farms Pumpkin Patch, a locally owned farm, the day before Amelia's birthday. There was so much to do and see, but the nice thing was, the variety of fun activities for all ages, especially toddlers. It didn't harm that the weather was fabulous either.

We enjoyed a ride on a miniature train, Amelia loved it!

Matthew's favourite were the pumpkin cannon's, it was amazing just how far the pumpkin's would fly through the air.

As you can see below, Amelia wasn't too keen on the cannon's and didn't particularly enjoy the noise they made.

Whilst Matthew, Nana and Papa watched the cannon, Amelia and I had fun on the hay-bale and slide.

She was so brave and didn't hesitate to climb up to the top of the hay-bales. It was nice to see the other, older children, step back and allow her to take her turn.

A colourful clown made her a balloon dog.

Then, it was time to pump water down a chute, and push the rubber ducks into the barrel at the end.

Ah, the pony ride, one of Amelia's favourite's. She loves animals. There was also a petting zoo, she was so excited that she got to pet a pig!

"Giddy up cowgirl!"

Papa always makes friends with the strangest of characters, on this day, he was particularly drawn to a real bone-head. Now I've heard of pulling someone's leg, but papa pulled this guy's forearm right off, luckily we were able to fix it and no damage was done.

Wow! Look at the huge pumpkin - how much do you think it weighs? If you guessed correctly you would have won a big jar of candy.

Nana, Amelia and I went for a ride on the top of a local fire engine...the siren was loud, but it was so much fun to drive around the farm.

Finally, it was time to get on the tractor/hayride and head over to the pumpkin patch.

The pumpkin patch was great. All of the pumpkins were still attached to the vine, the freshest you can get!

Amelia wasted no time trying to find the perfect one.

So many to choose from...

...perhaps this is the best one...

"Phew!" this is hard work, time for a quick rest amongst the corn stalks.

What about a white pumpkin?

Daddy came over to help her choose the perfect one.

Everybody chose their favourite, here's Matthew, Amelia and I in front of ours.

Next year I'll bring my gloves, the stalks were quite prickly.

Nana and papa had a lovely time, their first real pumpkin patch experience.

As with all good things, our visit to Heiser's Farms came to an end, and as you can see below, Amelia was not happy about that at all. In fact, another parent saw her melt down by the car and told her child "see, it must be fun, that little girl doesn't want to leave!"

Ah well, it truly was the perfect family day out!