Pumpkin Pickin'... Sort of!

Tara came to visit and I enjoyed spending a wonderful week in her company.  We had planned to pick a pumpkin at Mike's Farm Pumpkin Patch just down the road, but I wasn't sure what time the hayride to the patch began.  We decided to go and check it out, since there are animals to pet, baked goods to sample, and other fun things to do if we were too early.  Aiden had a blast, and we all enjoyed the beautiful Autumn weather (which has since warmed up again).  Although we had an incredible time, things did not go exactly as I planned.

Aiden checks out the produce at Mike's Farm (not yet at the Pumpkin Patch).

Aiden and Aunt Tara get in the spirit of things as we await the hayride.

Aiden's ready to go...

Baby Goat and Aiden really hit it off--we missed the shot of Aiden letting the goat lick his fingers.

Almost time for the hayride!

Our hayride stopped at the Pumpkin Patch, but Aiden couldn't stay awake. He had been watching all of the big kids playing along the way.

We tried to let Aiden pick a pumpkin...

But (as Clyde said later), Aiden was all pumpkin-patched out.

Kiss a pumpkin for good luck! (Yeah--I'm not sure where I got that... In fact, I'm not sure that's a kiss!)

Thank you for visiting, Tara!  We miss you already!