Pumpkins!

Today was pumpkin day. Well really everyday since my son has discovered pumpkins is pumpkin day. My husband decided to go a little nerdy this year and use his dancing christmas lights to make pumpkins sing. But that's a tale for another post. Today we took Noah to pettit creek farms in cartersville. Last year when we took noah to a pumpkin patch, he was fairly immobile and quite content to sit amongst the pumpkins and pound on them. Oh what a difference a year makes!! This year he's mobile, independent, and talking. All pumpkins are "pao pao", and he's quite good at making moo cow noises. Enter in pettit creek farms, it fit perfectly with our sons current obsessions. Not only did they have farm type animals, but also a hayride, bouncy house, corn maze and of course pumpkins!! The hayride was a stupendous hit, Noah just kept saying choo choo and pointing at all the animals and making his O face. He was able to feed the animals as well as throw food at them, which was awesome since throwing things is another current favorite for him. After the hayride it was off to the bouncy slides with a pit stop to feed the goats and sheep along the way. Noah felt quite independent being able to hold his own cup of food for them, although those goats and sheep were quite pushy and the curly ram was the definition of a bully. We jumped in our first bounce house and meandered through the corn maze, discovered tractors and last but not least PUMPKINS!!! Funny thing though his favorite pumpkin was a fake one made to look like a house that he had a grand time playing in with all the "big boys". To round out our country pumping trip we of course had to eat at the cracker barrel, where my son feasted on mac and cheese, chicken, rice apples, and hash brown casserole. All and all it was a great trip and I can't wait to watch this family tradition grow as our family does. Although as per usual my favorite parts of the day included watching my husband and son walk hand in hand through the corn maze, and seeing the two of them sitting on the rocking chairs outside cracker barrel sharing neccos which come to find out was something Casey and his dad used to do when he was a child. I just love to see the memories my husband makes with our son and I love that some of those memories are passed from his childhood as well.