Pumkpin Patch Pics!

Yesterday morning, after Elijah and I did our weekly grocery shopping, weheaded to the Pumpkin Patch. We really wanted to go last year, but we never got around to it. Probably because I was pretty sick most of the month of October (because of Sophia!). This year I was determined not to miss out on any Fall fun! We went just up the highway, about fifteen minutes, to Bishop's Orchards. They do seasonal fruit picking, and in the Fall their speciality is, of course, pumpkins. Everyone knows that New England is well-known for it's gorgeous Fall foliage. I thought it was really pretty here in town, but as soon as we got out of the city it was even more beautiful! We saw a million different colors in the trees.

By the time we got there the weather had warmed up and it was nice and sunny. Our first stop was to get some kettle corn they were selling at the entrance to the pumpkin patch. I know why, the smell was too enticing to pass up!

Elijah loved it, of course, he loves any kind of popcorn. We had to stop in their store a little while later to get some apple cider to wash it down. Yum!

Elijah and Daddy checking out the llamas and goats.

He just had to climb up on this tractor for a quick drive, er, not really, but it was fun to pretend!

Where was Sophia, you ask? Why, just hanging out with Mommy!

How are you supposed to pick the perfect pumpkin when they're all so nice?

Wait, there's a good one!

There it is! (This is the one we took home, all 25 pounds of it!)

Elijah picked out his own little pumpkin to take home.

The cutest little pumpkins in the patch!

After picking and paying for our perfect pumpkin...wow say that ten times.... we headed up the road a little ways to go through the corn maze. Elijah though this was loads of fun, he led us around and around for a good 15 minutes or so.

I think we're lost!


In the middle of the path we found a cute, fuzzy caterpiller that Matthew picked up to give Elijah a closer look.

After a little persuasion, Elijah even held it in his hand for a minute. This is a big deal since bugs are about the only thing he's afraid of.

We made it out!

Sophia loves her little pumkin, and her daddy!