My Little Pumpkin

Today is my birthday! Part of something I wanted to do for my birthday and for the Hallquist Oktoberfest was to go to a pumpkin patch and take some fun pictures of Stone and us with Stone. We took these pictures on Monday and they turned out great. Stone wasn't sure what to think of the pumpkins, but more interesting to him was the dirt in which the pumpkins rested. He tasted dirt for the first time and rather liked it, so we had to put an end to his early snack! At the pumpkin patch where we visited, there were also apple orchards you could go through to pick out your own apples, a corn maze (really, it was a "corn trail" as you couldn't get lost in it because there was only one trail through the "corn maze" with signs of apple facts posted along the way, just in case you did get lost in the corn trail, i mean maze), you could take a hay ride and there was an area where kids could play that included hay bales, and there were farm animals to look at (not pet or touch) such as pigs, a donkey, goats, cows, chickens, turkeys, a lama and peacocks. Okay, are peacocks and lamas really farm animals?? Whatever, they were there. We had a fun time and it was a good autumn day--overcast, cool but not too cool, and just kind of lazy. I love fall, partly because my birthday is in the fall, but also because of the changing leaves, the cooler weather, the crispness in the air, hayrides, bonfires, football games (in moderation) and the anticipation of Thanksgiving and Christmas, which usually mean quality family time spent together. I'm thankful to be able spend the Hallquist Oktoberfest with my husband and son.

This coming weekend, we plan to travel to WV to visit my family and celebrate Stone's 1st birthday again as well as ours. I look forward to visiting with my family and some dear friends and also look forward to even cooler weather. (sidebar: My mother-in-law thinks we've had cool weather here in SC, but she's also never lived farther north than SC before! She hails from Louisiana and Mississippi where they barely have a fall or spring and for that matter, a winter. I just smile at her when she says she's cold and then tell her that I'll inform her when it actually gets cold here!)

Here are the pictures of our pumpkin patch adventure!