Plumper Pumpkin patch

We went pumpkin patching this morning, to Plumper Farms, and came home with the requisite oversupply of orange gourds and two happy/muddy children. The day started out a little cold and misty, but it warmed up over the morning, and we had a really fun time.  I was especially delighted to see Liesl so happy and full of energy - she's been terribly sick all week with what turned out to be an unusual form of strep throat (no sore throat or fever; vomiting and intense stomach pain). It was awful and she is still not eating very much, but she's improving every day and we are so relieved.

 

Good thing pumpkins were 30 cents a pound. 

I love the body language of this photo - Liesl leaping through the tire that marked the finish line of the obstacle course, and Sebastian cheering and reaching out to give her a high-five.

 Sebastian had better bowling form, but Liesl's pumpkin sailed through the target at the end. :)

 

On your mark, get set, go!!!

Jumping hay bales.

 Jumping into a grain tub.

 A (very small) corn maze. We will have to seek out a bigger one for our next pumpkin patching.

Liesl's favorite, the pony ride. Although she did note that she was getting too big for the ponies, and too big for such a tame ride. She wants a big horse that can go galloping off across the fields, evidently.

This is one of those mysterious gaps between parents and children: I really cannot understand why the barrel train ride is any fun at all. And they love it.