Pumpkin Patch

We went on our annual trip to the Aldor Acres Pumpkin patch. We've been going since Callie was 2 and it gets better every year. This was it's 25th anniversary. It's a nice family run operation and since they live on the farm, they pretty much give up all semblance of privacy during the day for the  month of October. It has an excellent variety of pumpkin sizes and you know they are popular when the price keeps going up each year. You pay to get everyone in the door and you still have to pay for your pumpkin.

The last couple of years we've been going with the cousins, Kristen and Ryan and Auntie Carmen and Uncle Corey. The kids really enjoy these outings. This year we went in the second week of October and the weather was still quite warm, as evidenced by Callie deciding to wear shorts. Everyone had on their gum boots but the fields were still quite dry as we hadn't had any significant rainfall yet.

One of Callie's favourite parts is of course the petting zoos. She's especially fond of the bunnies. In previous years I've had to protect the bunnies as she didn't quite understand what 'gentle' meant. This year though she knew exactly how to handle them. She also enjoyed the cows, goats, pigs and horses. I may have to try to convince Kerry that we should buy a bunny. There's plenty of room in the back yard.

I'm not too sure what Carter's favourite part is. He just seems to enjoy everything, from the petting zoos, to the picture taking to the hay ride out to the field. I guess if I had to pick something this year it seemed to be the popcorn and the pumpkin pie. He definitely loves his popcorn.

We got to go to the upper field this year. They have several fields and you don't really know where you will end up until you get there. I like the upper field because it has a great view of the farm and it's usually drier without being too dusty. We let the kids each pick out a pumpkin though we encourage them to get smaller ones. They charge based on the width so it's cheaper for us to get small ones here and then buy a bigger one at Superstore.