Pumpkin Picking 2010

Every year we enjoy going to a local farm for some traditional New England style pumpkin picking. A hayride and a field of pumpkins to pick through at a quaint little New England farm store. This year they weren't running the hayride when we got there. Although, it did begin to run after we left. So we got our exercise for sure. We started out though enjoying the wooden figures at the beginning of the property that the kids love to climb up on...






Then the kids went over to "milk the cow"...


And our day of course wouldn't be complete without seeing a pig and a pug in a crib in the barn...

Then we made the trek down the hill towards the field of pumpkins. This is what I love about autumn, the beautiful scenery. It really doesn't get any prettier than this:

We had to play around on the bikes and the train for a little while...




Then the search began for the perfect pumpkin...


The kids had gotten pumpkins from their grandparents a few weeks ago so we were just going to do little pumpkins, but Natalie's pumpkin was rotting so hers needed replacing:


Kaitlyn picked out a cute little pumpkin to paint:


And CJ insisted on this lovely little pumpkin:


We had a nice time. Disappointed about the hayride not running, but we had a beautiful day for pumpkin picking and the kids had a good time.