10.13.2008

picking pumpkins at the pumpkin patch

Sylvia is obsessed with all things Pumpkin, right now, so on Saturday we took her to a pumpkin patch with hay rides and tractors and.....pumpkins! (She is also pretty excited by leaves, so looks like she has the same favorite season as Mommy).
We took a hay ride out to the pumpkin patch, and picked out Mommy, Daddy, and Baby pumpkins. We didn't find any quite small enough for Sylvie to carry by herself, so when we got back from the pumpkin patch, we found an even smaller pre-picked pumpkin for Sylvia. You just can't have enough pumpkins.
I got a pumpkin at work this week that we decorated with glow in the dark face stickers. Sylvia was initially excited, but then very upset that I wouldn't let her carry (and drop) the pumpkin around the house. She was very interested in the fact that he has sticker eyebrows, and now points out everyone's eyebrows on a regular basis. Mr. Pumpkin is safe outside now, and she likes to say good-bye to him everytime we leave the house. (He also gets lots of hugs when we are playing on the porch). I'm not sure what she is going to do with all of those new pumpkins.
Sunday morning we went to a garden nursery to get some fall decorations. I think we were the only house in the neighborhood without any Halloween supplies (excluding those pumpkins). We found some scarecrows, and Sylvia found, what else, more pumpkins! We now have a bowl of mini-pumpkins in our entry-way. We'll see how long those stay whole within reach of little Sylvie's fingers.
I just think the picture below is sooo funny! Sylvia is looking down at some little boy that decided to pose for the picture. I was just cluelessly smiling away.

and here are the rest of those pumpkin pictures:

http://picasaweb.google.com/TexFamily/PumpkinPatch#