We went to our first pumpkin patch this past weekend with our son. It was so exciting to watch his big blue eyes light up. His eyes were so big as we pulled him closer in the wagon and he could see yellow, white, orange, and Cinderella pumpkins. All different shapes, sizes and colors. This was his dreamland. If you’ve heard me share previously about his deep obsession with balls, you would know he relates pumpkins to this obsession; they are round and that’s all that matters in his little mind. If they are round than they must be thrown.

His first awakening to pumpkins was at the store one afternoon and as we were walking in, they have the big tubs full of pumpkins. He pointed to it and I realized he’s never known what a pumpkin is. I handed him a small one and to my dismay the pumpkin went rolling through the entrance of the store. I quickly chase after it thankful it was still in one piece. Ever since that moment he has been longing to hold a pumpkin in his tiny little hands, arch way over his head and toss it with all his might. Well his dream came true when we went to visit my parents a couple weeks ago. My dad has his own, unintentional pumpkin patch. For some reason it grows like wildfire for him and all the grandkids love to go pick their pumpkins. He would find all the little ones around the house that my mom had for decorations and he would play with them forever simply rolling them around and tossing them. When I realized he was cracking them in half, I put an immediate end to this playful event. We took a couple small ones home with us and this boy can’t help but throw them. They did not make it more than a day. He didn’t understand once it cracked and there were seeds and goop all over that he ruined it. This little man is too cute, he blows my mind everyday with his cuteness.

Due to his cuteness, both my husband and I knew he would love going to the pumpkin patch and being able to see and touch as many pumpkins til his hearts content. We went and had an awesome time. He loved it! They had a haystack for kids to climb on, mazes and cute little photo-ops all catered to kids. It was fun and we let him get as dirty as he wanted. He even “picked” his own little pumpkin that we carved last night. :)

Here’s a few fun photos…

It was a great day for pumpkin patchin’