This past weekend we headed to one of our local pumpkin patches to explore. During October we love to go to as many farms and pumpkin patches as possible, it’s become a tradition for us. The girls both love it, often a boot gets lost in the mud, but we leave with memories.
As we were going through and searching for pumpkins, Evie started listing off rules for being at the pumpkin patch. Can you tell she’s in kindergarten now? It was cute to hear what she thought were important rules for being there. Keep reading to see what her rules were.
We loved seeing all the rows of sun flowers at Aldor Acres this year. It was extra special to us as we have photos of Tamara beside a few sunflowers there from our maternity photo session when we were expecting Addie. It was nice to have both the girls there and seeing them dancing in the sunflowers.
Photos by Julie Christine Photography
RULES FOR THE PUMPKIN PATCH… ACCORDING TO OUR KINDERGARTENER
- Wear your boots. You don’t want to step in the mud and get it all over, you can wash boots.
- No running. You have to be safe because you could trip over something and get hurt.
- No mud on the pumpkin. The pumpkin I pick has to be clean, there cannot be mud. I don’t want dirt.
- Round pumpkin. Find a round pumpkin, it’s the best shape.
- Wear a sweater. It can be cold, you need to be warm. Or go stand by the fire.
- Don’t hold it by the handle. The handle might break and then the pumpkin will hit your foot.
- Don’t get dirty. If you get too dirty mommy and daddy have to soak the clothes before laundry.
- Have fun. You have to have fun at the pumpkin patch.
- There has to be animals. Baby animals. Piglets. Kittens. Bunnies.
Alder Acres is fun! We’ve gone before. I’d like to go again if I can find the time. It is a bit out of our way but if the weather is good it be fun to visit multiple farms this year.
What cuties! Love their outfits. Love the tradition!
Your photos are beautiful! I love the rules 🙂
What a beautiful day!! Your children are so adorable!! “No mud on the pumpkin”!!! Lol!!
I love these pictures! i spent a lot of time looking through it and just loving the fact that your family had such a good time together just picking Pumpkins.
This seems so fun!
We haven’t been to alder acres but we went to taves and Mann before
Maybe next year we will go there
I love taking my 2 kids to the pumpkin patch. Your daughters rules are so true…
I love going to the pumpkin patch with my kids. It’s such a great family tradition and so cute to look back on the family photo of us surrounded by pumpkins in the field.
We love our annual fall pumpkin patch adventure 🙂 usually we go to Applebarn and my work even went one year for a team day event
Lol. Sounds like she’s got it figured out, because yes, there must be animals. Aldor Acres is our favorite but I haven’t been to many others to compare.
when my kids were little, our family went to pick pumpkin every year, fun time