Another Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday we visited Johansen Farms Pumpkin Patch with Uncle David. We were sad that Uncle Brad couldn't go, but he had to stay home for the house painters that are working on their house - pictures to follow sometime next week! The weather ended being perfect and sunny, despite forecasts of rain. Evie and Gavin had a GREAT time exploring and being silly!

Check out last year's visit to Johansen Farms with David and Brad to see how much the kids have grown! Gavin was just begining to walk then, and you will notice that Evie is wearing the same winter coat in both visits (it still fits) and she weighs almost the exact same amount in both pumpkin scale pics.

Evie picked out a gourd:



The kids loved touching the cornstalks:



"Can I get this one, Mom?"



"This one is just right for me!"



"Oooh, baby pumpkins. We love these!"



Gavin tried to pick up several giant pumpkins:

Evie in her kitten hat and mittens.

This orange wagon was a big hit:

Gavin was scared of a creepy, talking, life-size, ghoulish statue, so he hugged me tightly:

Gavin found this broom, which belonged to Johansen Farms and was not for sale, but he pushed it around for a good 20 minutes and cried for 5 minutes when we had to take it away from him when we left. We're going to get him his own little broom. Seriously, why do we even have toys?

We put Evie on the pumpkin-weighing scale. She's not even 20 pounds with her shoes and winter coat on! Here's last year's pic.

The kids got silly doing a new move that I call the "pumpkin bump:"