When I was growing up, I don't remember pumpkin patches being a big deal. In fact, I don't remember them at all. In the last few years, though, they seem to have taken over Arkansas. Which has enthused my wife, because she loves taking pictures of the kids in such a setting.
This year, Meron, Benjamin and Sarah made it to three pumpkin patches. I only hit two of them, but we've got pictures from them all!
The first one we went to this year was down in Mayflower, not too far from Little Rock. We were invited by the parents of Benjamin's best friend Micah, who moved to LR earlier in the year. It was a surprise for Micah, who was overjoyed to see Benjamin again.
This was a huge pumpkin patch with the works. It had a hayride, which you rode out to the actual pumpkin patch, a playground, a corn maze, hay bales to climb on, a huge tub of corn to play in, you name it. The kids had a lot of fun playing, running and just generally enjoying the area.
You may not be able to tell on that one, but Benjamin and I are standing up on some of the hay bales, looking down at Meron taking the picture.
That was on a Saturday. The next Monday, the rest of the family went to the patch in Greenbriar with Meron's mommy group. Again, a good time was had by all.
Finally, at the end of that week, we took them over to the "pumpkin patch" that First UMC, the other Methodist church in town, has. It's not really a patch, since the pumpkins are brought in and put on the church grounds, but it's nicely arranged and the kids have a great time. The kids don't go to TLC there on Friday, but the classes were going to visit the pumpkin patch that day so we went when Benjamin's class was out there anyway. It was a bitterly cold day with a strong wind, so we didn't get just a whole lot of pictures out there. Still, some of them turned out pretty well!
Needless to say, after that week, we really didn't need to see any more of the pumpkins! We did get some at every stop, I believe, though most weren't very big. The kids carved a couple of them (OK, they picked out the pattern and helped a little, but basically Meron carved them) and they turned out pretty well. See?
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