Trick or Treating

When you go to the pumpkin patch, there's the obvious pumpkin selection and picking process that's involved. In years past, the next stop was a petting zoo and hay bale maze. This year however they added on a giant inflatable slide, and several other attractions. We convinced Marna and Paige to duck behind the board to change themselves into a scarecrow and pumpkin accordingly.

 

After the attractions we moved onto the checkout process. There's always an assortment of other melons and such available, and Marna picked up some smaller pumpkins for her Awana kids. Grandma picked up Paige some cotton candy and a carmel covered apple. Despite some miscommunication on when Paige could eat the apple, she did eventually get a chance while showing off her Halloween costume to Grandma Linda at a nearby McDonald's.

 

My only hope for this particular pumpkin patch is that it doesn't get too successful. There used to be something quaint about a quiet and peaceful morning out on the farm picking a pumpkin. This year it was a zoo (and not with animals, with people). The extra attractions really took away from the simple pleasure of those more natural means of entertainment. As a good friend of mine says (and I'll paraphrase), why do people always have to go for bigger and better? Why can't they just let something that's perfect, stay perfect?

Done