Pumpkin Patch 08

We went to a different pumpkin patch this year. I really thought it would be something because it had adds in magazines and boards on the street. Boy were we dissapointed. It really wasn't much and it was super expensive. We paid $7.00 a person to get in, AJ was free, and then you had to pay for your pumpkin. Needless to say, we stayed for the hayride, magic show, looked around and then went to our favorite pumpkin patch just down the road. It's free to get in. The hayride is only $3.00 a person and the pumpkins are reasonably priced. Plus they have billy goats that you can pet and feed.

The first pumpkin patch had live music. Well, it was live but I really wouldn't call it music. It was two guys trying to create music. They would seriously bomb at kereoke night. They were butchering some songs. AJ loves music and will actually force us to stay to listen to live blue grass. These guys, not so much. AJ was like, "let's go mommy". They did have this guy in a chicken costume. He was walking around amazing the little kiddies. AJ was fascinated. This guy even let AJ ride the chicken. It is one of AJ's favorite pics. Too funny.


They did have a pretty good hay ride. They had a lot of decorations set up and a guy on the wagon telling the story. It wasn't scary and was geared toward the little guys.


We attempted the corn maze but I think that kind of freaks my husband out. We went one way, got stuck and he took me right back out of the beginning. He kept saying "I thought that was the goal, to get out where you went in...." He knows better. I seriously think it freaks him out.

As we were leaving I took a bunch of pics of AJ with all of the decorations.





We left there and went to our favorite pumpkin patch. It's free to get in and the pumpkins are reasonably priced. You do have to pay $3.00 a person for they hay ride but I can understand that with what the price of gas was. Can't be cheap to run those tractors. AJ really likes this one because they have billy goats you can pet and feed. They are so cute. Jason keeps saying he wants one. This was the first year I let AJ feed the goats. I was afraid they would bite his fingers off last year.




After fun with the billy goats, we went to get our pumpkins.

Dad pulling our monster on the wagon.





AJ looking for the perfect "little" pumpkin



Dad and AJ picking the pumpkin.

Mom and AJ taking pumpkin breaks.



Dad pulling AJ out of the patch.



AJ playing on the hay maze. He had a ball running on that. I was afraid he would get the going too fast and fall off but he did pretty good.



The best story is the one of poor little AJ falling off the wagon though. He made it all the way to the check out counter fine. He got off and he and I were looking through the stands. I found this tiny tiny little pumpkin for .60 cents. He loved it so we got it too. He climbed back on the wagon so jason could pull him to the van. We were 3 feet from the van, Jason hit a pot hole and my little baby went flipping over the side. He sqealed but let me tell you, he did not let go of his baby pumpkin!!! He held onto that thing for all he was worth. So much so the stem broke off. Because I'm a good mommy and was trying to heal a baby's broken heart, I hot glue gunned that stem back on and I'll have you know that pumpkin is STILL in good shape. It has a rediculous amount of glue all the way around the top but hey, my two year old was happy. Isn't that all that counts?????