Our church offered a chance for moms to bring their kids to the pumpkin patch for free. So we signed up. We were supposed to be there at 8:45, which meant we needed to leave by 8:15. I accidentally set my alarm to GET UP at 8:15. I woke up at 8:10, brushed my teeth, got clothes on me and Jake, and got to the pumpkin patch by 8:47. Impressive, huh? I fed him in the car really quickly before we went in.
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He was glad we got there on time.
First was the pig races. I'll post that later. It was greatness.
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Next was the hay ride.
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Jake's cousins (aka the nieces), Alyssa Kate
and Caroline, were there too!
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Yay hay ride!
The pumpkin patch is also a Christmas tree farm.
Thus the background.
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Hay ride? No big deal.
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Then we went to the petting zoo where
no animals were petted by Jake.
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You could feed the goats. We didn't.
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Then... to the pumpkins!
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So this is this pumpkin thing you've been talking about.
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You want more pictures?
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Big almost-sitting-up-on-his-own guy!
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Standing with Mommy in the baby pumpkins.
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This was the best picture we got of the three cousins.
It's hard to keep Caroline still.
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Just hanging out with some pumpkins.
If you see all of the bodily fluids on his face,
that's what I was dealing with the whole time.
Ruined several pictures.
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My favorite.
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But Little Boy Blue was asleep in the hay.
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Hay! I mean hey!
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It's cold out here!
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Are we done yet?
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An hour after we left, his cheeks and nose were still pink.
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