Pumpkin Patch

You can always tell when fall has arrived when the girls get their annual field trip to one of the local pumpkin patches. Mackenzie's class, along with the other 4 first grade classes actually get to go to the patch, and then Kylie's class along with the other 3 pre-k classes get to walk across the street to the open field the school owns to visit their pumpkin patch. The local farm that does it actually brings enough pumpkins, plus a few extra to the school and then they let the kids pick out the pumpkin that they want.

Mackenzie ready for pumpkin patch

Kylie said she had fun when she got to go to the pumpkin patch on Monday. They had lots of pumpkins that were big and some were clean and some were dirty. They got to run around the patch till they found the one they wanted, then got to roll the pumpkins to the spot where they were to wait for everyone else to finish and sit on it. Why sit on it I have no idea, but Kylie's is large enough for her to sit on that is for sure! When I picked her up her teacher had it in a bag for me to carry and as we were waiting for Kenzie she told me that the way she picked her pumpkin was to find the biggest dirtiest pumpkin she could find. We got it home and I looked at it and it's not that dirty, and then she showed me what she meant. She found one with the biggest spot on it where it had been laying on the ground in the big patch growing.
Mackenzie had a blast while she was out there. She said the pumpkins were bigger this year and the bounce house was even bigger. She had lunch with her friends and picked her pumpkin and got to ride on the hay ride.  Her favorite part of the day though was picking out her pumpkin. Hers that she found was a little taller and slimmer than Kylie's but still a pretty decent sized pumpkin.
We will take our annual fall pumpkin pictures later and I'll try and remember to post them. All we need now is to find Gabryle a little pumpkin and we'll have a nice fall decoration for the porch!

Till Next Time!