Pumpkin picking

On Saturday, David and I took Rachel to pick out pumpkins. We met my coworker Kevin, his wife Peggy and their son Noah at Cox Farms. It's a local farm that has been around for over 30 years, and every year they have a Fall Festival that runs for about 6 weeks. They have games, rides, animals, music, food and of course, pumpkins.

Rachel is too little for the games and rides so we met in the pumpkin patch. It was just about her eating time when we got there so we knew it was going to be dicey...just a matter of time before there was a meltdown. We walked around and looked at all the pumpkins. Why are so many of them so much bigger than Rachel?

We took some pictures but soon Rachel needed to eat. As you can see in this picture, she was not happy...not sure if it had to do with being stuck in the middle of some pumpkins or because it was time to eat.

And good thing we had a hat in the diaper bag; however, we did not have her sunglasses. It was so bright and beautiful out - a perfect fall day. She did end up with some rosy cheeks at the end of the day.

Kevin and Peggy stayed with us for about 30 minutes, but then wanted to take Noah on the slide so they went to the other part of the farm. You have to pay to get into where the rides and games are, but since Rachel can't participate, we didn't want to go to that area.

After we were done taking pictures and picking out three pumpkins - a big one for David and I, a little one for Rachel and another little one for our dog, Kona - we went into the Festival Market and bought apple butter, pumpkin butter, raspberry jam and an apple pie. The pie you can freeze as is and then when you are ready to serve it, bake it at 400 degrees for 45 minutes. I figured that would be nice for Thanksgiving. I always make a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, but never apple pie since David doesn't like it, so now I'll get to have my apple pie without all the work and hassle to make it.

It was a nice day out and fun to spend some time with friends - although short. We will definitely plan to go back next year when Rachel is older.