the pumpkin patch

A couple of weekends ago we spent the most beautiful day at the Fairweather Acres pumpkin patch.

When we were on the way to the Patch, Peyton told me: "Mommy, I'm so 'cited to have corn in my undies and shoes tonight!" 

I laughed so hard, but later when I was thinking about it, I realized, this is the first time Peyton has remembered doing something from a year ago and understands what to expect. Not just the whole general experience of the pumpkin patch, but small details, like finding corn (from the amazing Olympic-pool-sized-corn-pit) in her shoes (and yeah, undies haha) when we are changing out of our clothes for the night. These little milestones creep up on you, I guess!

Anyway, speaking of the corn pit, that was where Ollie played for over three hours. No lie. Thankfully Jon was there to hang with him because after Peyton had her fill of the pit (and, of course, got the requisite butt full of corn) she wanted to check out the hay maze, push-pedal go carts, and animals. Ollie had no interest in anything else, and even after all the time he spent in there it was still a little ugly getting him to leave! He declared it the "most fun ever had" and he actually wouldn't let me cut off his wristband for two days because he wanted to show all of his friends at school! (Thankfully Fairweather is open until November 1st so hopefully we can get back there before next year!)

I was hoping to do a little carving and pumpkin seed baking afterward, but Ollie and Pey are so proud of their pumpkins that I think I'll have to go to the local farm stand to get pumpkins that they are not so emotionally attached to! But then again, Peyton gets pretty emotionally attached to everything these days: when I was mincing the dill for the hash the other morning, Peyton screamed, "Stop! You're hurting it! I'll save you little tree, com'ere, I'll save you..." She them proceeded to take the dill into the playroom and use them as trees for her dinosaurs.  And that is why my potatoes looked light on the dill, if you happened to notice in the picture from the weekend. And that is also why I'm finding wilted dill all. over. the. house. 

But hey, it's better than finding little dried up puddles of pee, which is something that's definitely happened too.

Enjoy the rest of the week, friends!