Pumpkin Picking!

This time last year, the pumpkin patch was simple. Children were not mobile which in hindsight made the success of pumpkin patch pictures KEY!!! This year was a different ballgame. Bailey Babies going every which a way, momma and daddy chasing after any child that belonged to us and poor Baby Bess being tossed back and forth between pumpkins on the ground and a responsible adult! It was a little chaotic you could say but hey... it's what you do at Pumpkin Patch Time isn't it?! Our day was only that much better because 2 of our glorious children were in perhaps the BEST moods they have ever been in. (Did you sense the hint of sarcasm in that line because boy... this adventure was rough on the parentals! ) However, for the sake of 2009 and Pumpkin Patch pictures we forged on! Braving the storm!

Charlie was literally ALL OVER THE PLACE!!! From one batch of pumpkins to the next, this kid was like a speed racer! I am not exactly sure just what all the jibber jabber he said meant, but, I think he probably said "Balls! Balls! Balls and more balls!" That is what they were to him anyways! After the "balls" had been enough, Charlie noticed a group of children playing in the hay! Do we even need to ponder where Charlie spent his pumpkin patch time! By the end of his adventure, he resorted to using the pumpkins as conveniently placed seats for his tired little self! He also took a small liking to the taste of gourd today! At least I guess we are proud he likes his veggies!

Now, my dear sweet Wylie, was really rather chipper! (Again, total sarcasm!) A little testy so we just kind of didn't touch her. We just let her be! She insisted on Bunny Foo Foo and Blanky coming along for the fun which wasn't something else we had to keep up with during the mix of kid watching, picture taking and gourd eating going on! She was quite irritated that her hands kept getting dirty when she tried to pick up the pumpkins! This was very upsetting to our little friend! She soon said forget the big pumpkins and find the little ones with the long stems! No messy hands this way! She was also very interested, as usual, in reorganizing the small pumpkins into her "own" piles and I learned to refrain from rearranging them after she had completed this process because this was highly upsetting to her! In the end, she found herself some pumpkin loot and was slightly more happy than before!

Lucky for Bubba and I at least this year 1 child was a stationary critter! Bess just soaked in the scenery as usual! We didn't hear much from little one! She was content hanging out with the pumpkins. Being her normal cheerful and content self, Baby Bess survived her 1st pumpkin patch experience!

Despite it all, The Bailey's had a successful pumpkin picking afternoon! I suppose, regardless of our attitudes, it was a memory! We can't all be happy all the time now can we!

Happy Pumpkin Patch Day!