The most sincere pumpkin patch

Last weekend, we went out to Blooms and Berries Farm to their pumpkin patch. It was much better than I expected. I thought that I'd see only a patch of pumpkins and maybe some gourds. They had slides, goats, donkeys, chickens, bells, a corn pit, plus the expected pumpkins and gourds.


His favorite activity was the corn pool. They filled a large tub with dried corn kernels and let the kids play around in it. He liked it as much as a sandbox, but I liked it better because the corn doesn't stick to everything like sand does.

Finn was also intrigued by the animal displays. He stared eye-to-eye with the donkey, mocked the chickens, but perfectly impersonated the goat:


Eventually we got around to the pumpkins, which Finn calls pah-pie'. He ran from the giant ones, to the little ones, but kept returning to the bumpy one. He eventually got a couple small pumpkins that he could carry, which he played with for the rest of the day.


The one downside is that the weather was hot last week (mid-80's) so the pumpkin patch seemed a little mistimed. This weekend is a bit more crisp and autumnal so our fall festivities feel more appropriate.