Pumpkin Patch!!!

If there was ever a perfect day to go to the pumpkin patch, it was today! We could not have asked for better fall weather. We took Vale out to Fall City to this little farm. It was awesome!!! It was the total farm experience. They had chickens in the chicken coop and baby pigs rolling around in the mud, seriously! Vale was so excited to see the little store surrounded by "kins"

This was cool. It's something I've never seen done at ANY pumpkin patch I've ever been to. They built this gigantic pumpkin sling shot thing (Jared tells me it's called a trebuchet). They loaded it up with a HUGE pumpkin. Once it was loaded and they had the attention of all the kids, they gave them a little physics lesson on how it works.

I couldn't resist taking a picture of Jared and Vale watching and waiting for the pumpkin to go airborne. They were both very intrigued by it!

Then we piled onto trailers pulled by either a tractor or horses and headed out to the pumpkin field.

I've also never been to a pumpkin patch where you have to break the pumpkin from the vine. It was kind of crazy-fun!

My sister Sarah has a brilliant rule for her kids when they go to the pumpkin patch. They can have ANY pumpkin they want as long as they can carry it to the car themselves. Smart, huh! Once we decided on a pumpkin we put that rule to the test......Vale tried and tried and tried...

But he just couldn't do it so Daddy carried the big pumpkin and we went over to the gourd field and let Vale pick out his own pumpkin there.