Pumpkin "Patch"

Today was a beautiful day and we wanted to take advantage of it so we decided to go find a fun pumpkin patch. Knowing that they don't really exist anymore, we we looking for a place that sold pumpkins that had some charm. The first stop on our pumpkin adventure was Grandma Berthold's house. We planted some pumpkins this spring and from the 3 really long vines, we got one sad little pumpkin! Megan of course loves it, she calls it "Baby Pumpkin"

Next stop was Carpenter Farms, about 3 minutes outside of Adrian.

Before checking out the pumpkins, Megan first had to look at all of the animals that were there. Here she is petting the goats and sheep. This was a huge step compared to how she acted with the animals at the fair a few months ago.

Then she found the mini-horsies!

Checking out the ducks. She liked being able to stand on the step and look at the ducks, we spent a lot of time here.

We finally picked out some pumpkins! 3 in all, not sure yet if all of them will be carved, but I want to try lots of different pumpkin seed flavors so I need lots of pumpkin seeds!

It just kind of worked out (and through the convenience of Facebook) that a couple of our friends also came to the "farm" with their children. So it was fun watching all of the kids play and run around with each other. Tyler Bruggeman #62 was all about digging in the corn. Megan had to watch him for a bit and I had to tell her it was okay to sit in it before she became interested.

Not quite that same as digging in sand, but they had all of the same tools that Megan has so Megan knew what to do.

Still loving the corn! The owners said that the corn table was such a hit with kids last year that they knew they needed to build something bigger. This covered wagon was perfect! As you can see, the kids loved it!

Next stop, the kids straw maze. Megan and Mark managed to make it to the back but then they had to find their way out! I think Megan at this point wasn't sure about how itchy the straw was, so she was walking kind of funny.

The second turn in the maze, Megan was more adventurous. She managed to find all of the dead ends :) I guess sticking her tongue out helped her think of the way out.

She is starting to get the hang of this maze thing.

Just a fun video of Megan and some friends trying to find their way through the straw maze.