Pumpkin Pick-up Party

Last year Beth and her mom, Lynne, invited us up for an impromptu day at Lynne’s farm. They planned ahead and placed pumpkins all along a path where the kids had to run from one place to another. Everyone had a fabulous time, and when they offered to do it again this year, we couldn’t say “yes” fast enough.

This year they raised the bar even further. We started with a scavenger hunt around the farm where Shep could not have been more excited to discover apples to be gathered at every destination (he’s a little obsessed with that particular fruit these days). The kid probably ate the equivalent of four apples, taking three bites of an apple and then starting in on the next.

Then we all headed inside for lunch and playtime where Tom and Carter sat down for a mean game of Battleship and Jamie tried to teach Shep how to play Hangman. Soup, sandwiches, and desserts were followed by pumpkin decorating orchestrated by Beth’s sister Amy. This might be my new favorite thing to do with pumpkins.

We never even got around to hedgeapple bowling, but by mid-afternoon, we loaded up a car full of tired, happy kids. Thanks to Lynne, Beth, Dave, Amy, Jamie, and Carter. If you do it again next year, we promise to bring croissants!

Special thanks to Beth, who grabbed the camera and took actual pictures of Tom and I. Notice she sneakily avoided getting in any of the photos, however.