Pumpkin Patch

We took Nico to the pumpkin patch last weekend since we're going out of town soon. I'm really glad we went as early as we did because it wasn't near as crowded as it was last year. Nico had so much fun. When we first got there, John wanted a bite to eat. There were wood shavings all over the ground in that area and Nico had a blast playing in those.




And here he finally slowed down long enough to get a bite.


After that, we went to look at the animals. Nico actually petted the goats voluntarily. He wasn't quite as excited about feeding them. He let one take some food from his hand and then he was done.








They had a big slide there and of course, he loved that. The man taking the tickets was nice and only took two tickets at a time since Nico was riding on someone's lap so he got to go twice.


And then there was the tractor that took us out to the pumpkin patch. He had so much fun on the ride over.
Here he's intently watching the driver.


When we got off to look for pumpkins, he was so upset that the tractor was leaving him. Here he is chasing after it.


So we had to find pumpkins really quickly so that we'd be ready to get on the next tractor. I don't think he would have let another one leave without him.


Here he found his.


And our little family of pumpkins.


Now that Nico's actually old enough to understand a little bit about holidays, it's so much fun to do things like this. I'm sure next year will be even better!