We took our annual trip to the Aldor Acres pumpkin patch in early October. Hitting the pumpkin patch at the right time is a tricky thing. It's no fun when it's cold, rainy, wet and muddy but as I discovered this year it's not quite the same when it's 22 degrees and sunny. We were able to go in shorts and a t-shirt. This year dust was the problem and all the trees were still green. I think the perfect weather is a sunny day, around 15 degrees with the leaves just starting to change.
Callie's favourite part is definitely the animals. Depending on how she does in high school biology, I can definitely see her being a veterinarian. She's happiest when it's just her and the animals. This year we got to go in the pen with some bigger rabbits rather than just the bunnies. There were also plenty of baby goats and piglets. They don't seem to have the turkey's anymore. I suspect Callie's turkey incident of '08 was not an isolated one. (She got bit on the hand.) Those things can be very mean.
Carter is not quite as thrilled with the farm animals. It's not the creatures that scare him. It's the smells. He's always had a very sensitive sense of smell. The barn also has the scary singing pig which doesn't help matters. Despite the dust the pumpkin patch itself was perfect. Lot's of big bright orange pumpkins. You pay by the width so we encourage the kids to pick out tall and skinny as they measure smaller and are cheaper. (We get our big pumpkin form Superstore for $2.99)
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