K was so bummed that T got to go to the pumpkin patch on a field trip and she didn't so we planned an afternoon that we would take them both together. So yesterday after Cliff picked up T from school, we went out to Lone Pine Farms. They have a great playground there that the kids love, we were able to pet the goats, play on old tractors and then pick pumpkins.
We considered riding the hayride out to the patch but knew it wasn't too bad of a walk so we headed out. When we came to the pumpkin patch, there was a sign advising that one was closed. So we had to walk about another 1/2 mile to the next patch on the farm. It felt like four times that long. The kids did enjoy all the mud puddles though. K kept stopping and bending over so far that her hair was nearly in the water, she thought she could see horses in the water. Yeah, she's a crazy little girl. :0)
So we finally got to the patch and every pumpkin was so big that there wasn't anything the kids or I could carry. We looked around for about 20 minutes and the kids decided they didn't want one anymore so we walked all the way back. 
After some more playing on the playground, we let them go into the store for cookies where they found the pumpkins they wanted. They were the ones that are a few inches high and cost something like $.69. Too bad we didn't know that was all they wanted before we walked all over the farm!
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