Another Fall

Today, despite Charity's cold and the unseasonably warm weather, we made our annual trip to Guse Farms for the pumpkin patch. I love this pumpkin patch because there are lots of simple little things for the kids to do there that are free and fun. There's a cornbox, like a sandbox, but filled with dry corn, and there's an old fashioned ring toss, life size checkers, a bean bag toss, and a rubber ducky race manufactured out of water spouts--the Itsy Bitsy Spider kind. Oh, and that's not to mention the little playground with a slide that Charity adored, the train, the snack shop that has a toy train that goes around and around and around, and (of course) the pumpkin patch.

We've been going to Guse farms since Charity was three months old. We always take her picture in front of the same hay bale. Here they are:

She certainly has grown, but it seems her temperament has changed a bit too, lol! Charity really didn't want to get her picture done in front of the hay bale this year, but I just had to do it, and I will continue--here's hoping for 18, 20, 25 or more years of pictures.

Although the picture might not show it, Charity actually had a great time at the pumpkin patch this year. She went right for the cornbox. I was absolutely amazed at her confidence. This is the child who, usually, refuses to go on anything at the park unless I am right there, walking next to her. She just jumped in that box and started to play. She was dumping corn on her head (at my suggestion--couldn't help it), and pretending to sleep in it. At one point, I jumped in there with her, just because it looked like fun. Last year, I had to get in so that she would get in!

Charity also had lots of fun picking out her pumpkin this year. She ran around the patch, tapping every single one like she was checking for firmness in the grocery isle! Oh, and I had to tear her away from this little slide--there was a big and a little slide on the playground, and she refused to go down the big one, but just kept going down that little slide again and again and again--it was great!

I will probably add a conclusion to this at some point, but for now, just wanted to get everything down while it was still fresh. She's still sick, but I'm glad she enjoyed the pumpkin patch!