Another Pumpkin Patch!

Yesterday we met Grammy and Papa at The Great Pumpkin Patch in Arthur, IL.  This was an "artsy" pumpkin patch.  It has been featured in County Living and Martha Stewart.  These people have even done pumpkin displays for the White House.  It is the place to go if you want some fall decoration inspiration, or to see more varieties of gourds and pumpkins than you ever knew existed.  Driving through Amish Country to get the pumpkin patch was fun in itself.  There were lots of horse and buggies on the road (or horse and "boogies") as Kate kept calling them. 

We had a great afternoon with Grammy and Papa.  We mostly just strolled around looking at the pumpkins on display and seeing the animals.  We took a little tractor ride and ate some wonderful pumpkin ice cream.  The kids had fun going through the hay maze, although Grammy and I never did find them.  We had a wonderful time and here are a few pictures from our day.

Kate and Ben were convinced the turkey was playing a game with them.  I think it was just trying to get away from them!

This is Ben's new way to stand.  He is so stinkin' cute!  Oh, I love that boy...



The King and Queen of the pumpkin patch.

And, my baby pumpkin...

We got a couple of pictures with my whole family in them!  That doesn't happen very often.



And while I'm talking about pumpkins, as I was going through my camera card to get my pumpkin patch pictures I was reminded of a little trick I played on Kate last week.  Aunt Jenn brought over the book "Pinkalicious and the Pink Pumpkin".  In the book the little girl goes to a pumpkin patch in hopes of finding a pink pumpkin, which of course, doesn't exist.  Well, the book inspired me and one afternoon while Kate was at school I painted one of the pumpkins on our front porch pink.  Kate has had the best time trying to figure out how that pink pumpkin got there.  I love listening to the wild tales she comes up with to explain it's appearance.  She has quite the imagination!  The other day she was staring out the window at it and said "I don't know who did that, but it sure makes me happy!"  It makes me happy, too.