Just Pick a Punkin!

AliceW · 2006-09-26T01:50:50+00:00

No, for once, this isn't an email about the Directory! As I may have mentioned, I have suffered through a horrible change of season cold. But I have also had a very difficult two weeks at work dealing with domestic and international auditors - long days, fast food, little sleep and no quilting! But on Sunday, none of that mattered!On Sunday, I took my grandson and DD to a local produce farm where there were barn yard animals for him to feed (no worries - he couldn't touch them). There were pigs (oink, oinks to him), pigmy goats, chickens and roosters, baby horses, llamas, and pheasant. The farm had double fencing around each pen. Then they used angled PVC piping from the outer fence to the floor of the pen. This is where the animal feed was placed. So the kids got to feed the animals without having to worry too much about ecoli. Plenty of kid-height sinks with soap and water were there for the using as well.After the barnyard, my DD wanted to take him on a hay-ride. Since it was a large cart pulled by a "John Deere" tractor, there was no need to bribe him - he is in his "tractor" phase right now. We were having a grand time and then we stopped in the middle of an apple orchard where we could pick all varieties of apples. He not only wanted to pick the apples, but he thought he could pick up all the apples that had fallen from the trees. He has been taught very well at home and at school to "clean it up" and so he kept picking up the apples saying "clean it up, Mama, clean it up!".We convinced him that he didn't need to do that now since there were pumpkins waiting for him in the pumpkin patch so back on the wagon we went and off to the pumpkin patch. I just stood there in amazement as this two year old little angel hunted for just the "perfect" pumpkin for Pop-Pop (my DH). There was a storm a'brewin' off in the distance so we were urged to hurry, but he wanted to make sure he found his pumpkin. Once he found it, he picked it up and hustled back to the...

Just Pick a Punkin!

Sep 26, 2006 23 Replies

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Judy 19 years ago

Thanks for sharing! I think we all need a "day out" like you had every so often so we can get our perspectives-on-life back where they belong! Hugs to your DD and GS ME-Judy

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Donna in NE La. 19 years ago

Sounds like a wonderful day, Alice. I'm so jealous--my DGK's live about 6 hours from me. : > (

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Charlotte 19 years ago

Sounds like a great day!!

DH and I took our boys out to an apple orchard too. We started it a couple of years ago and is now becoming and annual thing. The boys just love it and at 5 and 3(yesterday) it is fun to watch them pick apples, gourds and pumpkins. We are going to make a second trip this year for our pumpkins and maybe take our nephew with.

Glad your DGS enjoyed!! Charlotte

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pami 19 years ago

Alice, That's for sure...I still have a great picture of my son from when he was 9 months old (Now he is 21) in a Pumpkin Patch!! Fresh Pumpkins also make the best pies. I make one and freeze the rest of the pumpkin. Pami

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