Fall is the most beautiful time of the year in my eyes & we are fortunate enough to have fun activities to keep us busy during the season. They really have become traditions as the years sneak by and we realize how long it has truly been.
One of them is the trip to Gale Farms for the pumpkin picking, the train ride and a hayride. I can remember without getting out the picture albums of sitting Jack on a pumpkin that very first year in his blue overalls. He was 1 1/2 then... and this year as we had 4 boys running if 4 directions the youngest being 2. It was hard not to just stand back, have a moment and smile. It's official - I'm old - talking about how fast time flies!! Funny how this year it was a chore to get them all together for a picture - and even harder to picture that chubby cheeked one & a half year old that I was placing on pumpkins at one time. The big boys are now truly big - they are school kids, really not into smiling on pumpkins for goodness sake! The little boys are still able to be placed on pumpkins, it's the staying there part that is up for grabs. But what a difference a year made with them as well. This year they were running around pointing at all the bright orange pumpkins. We thought that maybe they would enjoy a train ride this year, but we soon found as the train rounded the bend that we were wrong. Both Andrew and Freddy, who were riding in the caboose, had their mouths wide and tears streaming. Apparently trains are still a bit scary for this year!
All and all it was another great year at the pumpkin patch!
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