Owen is reachin' for the skies
Every year we go to the Cal Poly Pumpkin Patch. It is a big beautiful field full of pumpkins either grown on the vine right there or trucked in. People come from all over so expect some crowds. It is usually two weeks before Halloween. All proceeds go to support the school. They usually have an insect show for the kids to enjoy. William lo
ves insects and wanted to hold the scorpions. It takes quite while to chose the perfect pumpkin with the perfect stem. Lily probably brought up a dozen pumpkins until she finally chose her perfect specimen. Of course the pumpkin has to hold up to certain standards.1 No mushy pumpkins
2 must have unique stem (the personality of the pumpkin depends upon the stem)
3 warts and bumps are a plus
4 oddly shaped pumpkins are cool
So that is it, I would say that any pumpkin in that field that wasn't mushy would set up to my standards, but my kids looked and looked, they scoured that field searching for the pumpkin that would be their privilege to carve.
Oh the joy!
1 comment:
Somthing is wrong with picking pumpkins in a tank top and shorts! You should at least throw a scarf and gloves on those kids just for the principle of the thing! Cute pictures Stacy!! I especially like the one of Owen picking up a pumpkin twice as big as him and Mitchy's head by the perfect pumpkin! I'm sad to not carve pumpkins with you and see your traditional 'kitty' carved pumpkin. Will you carve it for me and put a picture on your blog of it? Thanks!
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