Pumpkin Patch Fun!

It’s hard to believe as someone obsessed with all things Fall, that I had never been to a pumpkin patch before this past Saturday.  There are a ton of these around where we live which are all open for the month of October. I simply couldn’t wait to take Forest to one for some photo ops, but since the first two weekends in October were ridiculously, scorchingly hot, we had to wait til the 3^rd weekend to make a visit. It was rough, especially since all of my friends from back south were enjoying beautiful fall weather and I had to endure countless adorable pictures of their little ones at the pumpkin patch on my facebook and intsagram feeds. 

It was totally worth the wait though and we had a great time with plenty of photos to mark the occasion. A friend in my moms group hadn’t taken her baby boy yet either, so we decided to make it a double date with the hubbies and met at G&M Farms in nearby Livermore. The first order of business was to take plenty of pictures of the boys amongst the pumpkins and in their wagons. Forest wasn’t exactly cooperative but I managed to get a few decent shots. 

It’s hard to take a bad photo in a pumpkin patch, especially of these cutie pies! After scoping out the pumpkin crop, we took the boys over to the little-kid hay maze. G&M Farms also has a gigantic corn maze, but this smaller scale one was more suited for the toddler set.  Forest’s buddy Bryce is an expert walker so he was cruising through the maze with no problems. 

Forest was a little slower to explore which made it a tad easier to take pictures of him. 

After the maze, we took the boys on their first pony ride. By this time we were encroaching on Forest’s nap time so he was totally uninterested, which is pretty unusual for him when it comes to animals. Still, I think he had a good time on his pony ride despite the intense look of boredom on his face. 

Both boys were fading fast by this time so after the ponies, we made our way to the cow train, stopping to take a few photo ops along the way. 

Forest was totally over it by the time we boarded the train, but he still held it together pretty well. 

When the train ride was over, we knew we had to get Forest home for a nap as he was falling asleep in our arms (very unusual!). He made it about 5 minutes into the car ride home before he totally passed out. Of course he woke up raring to go as soon as we got home but we convinced him to take a longer nap later on. We had a super fun time and I hope to get him to at least one more pumpkin patch before the season ends!