Rewards from Him: Punkin' Pickin'

OK, so we didn't technically pick any pumpkins, but we did have a good time. On the way back from the beach, we stopped at a big pumpkin farm right off the highway. We had talked about doing this for a while, and when Matt saw the sign, we took the off ramp! There was so much to do there, and it was fun to watch the kids run around. True to his nature, Jack wanted to see everything all at once. He only wanted to stop long enough to discover what each activity was, and then he wanted to see the next. Sophie, true to her nature, wanted to stop and smell the roses. She wanted to take her time, and fully explore each activity. Therefore, Matt and I split up after the first few minutes. We both ran with our own kid all over the pumpkin patch. Well, I ran, Matt walked. It was a gorgeous fall day, just lovely, and we took advantage of it, and played, ate, and enjoyed ourselves!

I'll warn you now that there are a TON of pictures. We had a really good time, and I felt like sharing. Complete picture overload! ;)

The kids were way too short to operate the cars themselves, but Jack wanted to push, and Sophie wanted to be pushed, so it worked out.

We spent the most time on this big "Jumping Pillow." It was almost like a bounce house, but it was shaped like a pillow. The twins were apprehensive at first, but after watching the other children, and trying it out, they loved it. Jack was jumping with both feet off of the pillow, where as Sophie was a little more apprehensive. We were lucky that when we came back later, before lunch, we had the pillow mostly to ourselves. There were no big kids going crazy. Jack even figured out how to walk up it himself, by going up the corners. Too fun!