Pumpkin Patch 2009

We drove down to Uncle Marc and Aunt Lindsay's today to go to a pumpkin patch. It was a beautiful day and it seems like we weren't the only people in Chicagoland who had this idea. Here's me and Joaquin with Uncle Marc and Ryan - and we are ready to conquer.

We did go to a pumpkin patch last year with Joaquin. He was wonderfully slouchy and immobile then.

Today we had to run around like aggressive paparazzi to get a shot.
His favorite place of the day was the gigantic haystack that kids could climb on. This was just a giant tower of haystacks - kids were digging holes in the middle of stacks and creating tunnels - and running around. Now that Joaquin is confidently mobile, we are very aware of how social he is. He will run up to any kid and try his best to keep up with their play. Art was in charge at the haystack, and spent most of his time doing this:


Joaquin was in his element.


Joaquin and I went on a tractor ride and Marc and Ryan were a few cars back. This picture was taken moments after I stole this cow car from a dad and a six-month old baby. That excitement on my face actually the look of victory. I'm not proud of my behavior, but this was another free-for-all at the pumpkin farm. There was no line - and the tractor would just come to a stop, and you just had to fight the crowd for a seat onboard. I was polite the first time, but we quickly learned that being polite would not get you a seat on the train.


And there were pumpkins here too! Here's a few other shots from the day.



Thanks for letting us come along to your pumpkin patch, Ryan!