A Visit To The Pumpkin Patch

So, we had planned to take the kids to Ashland Berry Farm yesterday (Sunday), but Thomas ended up taking a 4 hour nap--so that plan went out the window. But, I wasn't too crushed since I kind of accidentally fell asleep too.

But, I really wanted to take the kids and Gracie was out of school today for Columbus Day--so I got extra brave and took them by myself.

Ashland Berry Farm is the place we attempted to visit last year, only when we got there it was over an hour wait to ride the hay wagons to the patch! With Thomas being a year and a half then, and the place closing in an hour, we took some pretty pictures, walked around a bit and left.

My friend Heather took her boys yesterday and warned me that it was super crowded. In fact, she told me to go as soon as they opened.

I felt a little weird pulling in at 9:55 (they opened at 10), but that subsided when I saw how many cars (and strollers) were already there.

The kids and I had a great time.

We were on the second hay ride out to the patch. The kids picked pumpkins and carried them back to the loading zone. I had asked them to pick small ones, even though Gracie had her eye on the larger ones. I reminded her that we had to carry them back to the car and they had to travel home. Suddenly, the cute smaller ones were "perfect."

Thomas was super proud of his and he wanted to carry it himself. He told me "I do it!"

We ride the hay wagon back to the tourist trap, uhem, I mean entrance, and we paid for 2 tickets to the kids area.

They had a large hay bale maze and a bouncy house.

They had tons of other things, but the morning was getting late and it was getting hot. But, I had promised Thomas another tractor ride, so when Gracie finished bouncing we rode the hayride to the patch and stayed on and rode it back.

We really did have a great time, and the kids were wonderful. Lots of good memories made. And, I was thrilled at how my pictures came out!! I am including some of my favorites, but I loved 30+ of the 100 I took. Yes, I took over a 100 pictures.

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