I wanted to go to a real pumpkin patch this year with Ben where you could actually go in the fields and pick pumpkins (we recently purchased a van and now we can fit his wagon in the back). The patch I choose was close to home, but was a real working farm so it ended up being inaccessible for Ben's wagon - I don't know why I thought it would be, but I did. And as it turns out, Ben isn't a fan of pumpkins. It could have something to do with the fact that he wanted to go for a long, quick moving wagon ride, not a stop-and-look/take pictures ride. We grabbed three pumpkins by the checkout, snapped a few quick pictures, picked up Ben's thrown sunglasses and hat about 10 times (he does this when he is angry), paid and left. This all happened in about 5 minutes. Don't think we will be doing this again next year because it ended up being better in theory than reality. But nonetheless, here are our photos...
Even Dad couldn't convince Ben that stopping to take a photo was ok.
If you click on this photo to enlarge it, you can see the field of pumpkins. So neat!
I tried to get Ben to pose with a little pumpkin... he tried to push it out of the wagon.
5 comments:
Ben, you and Katie are just alike when it comes to things like this. Katie could care less! We got the big idea a couple years ago to take her to the Kentucky Horse Park one Sunday. We thought since she likes horses and liked to ride in her wagon at the time, that she would enjoy it. Paid about $50 for all of us to get in, and stayed about a whole 10 minutes! Us parents apparently have different ideas than our kids do about what would be a fun outing! :-)
Kudos to you guys for trying, and keeping smiles on your faces the whole time! You just never know what they'll like til you try, and even then it may be the day or moment! The pictures are very nice, very festive!
Oh, Amy!
We can soooo relate to this in our household! We've had many experiences like this with Gracie. Sometimes she loves the things we think she'll dislike, sometimes the things we think she'll love she'll have a bonafide meltdown over and other times, well, she's like Jekyll and Hyde and you just never know - - she's fine one minute and NOT fine the next!
The description of Ben throwing things and trying to push the pumpkin out sounds exactly like Gracie and though it's not funny, it made me chuckle a bit!
Good for you guys for trying... and appreciating the moments - - even if for only ten minutes! Apparently the pumpkin patch wasn't as cool as some of the other things you've done lately, eh?! :-)
Looks like a great day, Eva got the same wagon last month. I LOVE IT!!
Hugs,
Crystal and Eva
Amy, You are the spittin' image of your Mom when we used to run around in our younger years. Isn't it fun when you think of a great photo op and the participants do not want to cooperate. That has happened to me one or two times. :) How's Ben doing in school? Hopefully the flu bug has kept away. It is running rampant in our schools.
Love your site,
Suzy
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