Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Peter Pumpkin Patch



One weekend preceding Halloween some friends met us at Peter Pumpkin Patch in Petaluma. This is run by the Spring Hill Farms Dairy, maker of delicious cheese and butter sold at the Ferry Building Farmer's Market. It was located in a beautiful spot!
There were a ton of things to do there to thrill the little ones and grown-ups alike: live music, baby cows, mama cow milking, cheese and ice cream tasting, a maze, potato digging, tractor riding and silly photo opps. Oh, and oodles of pumpkins, gourds and squash to climb on, throw, run amongst etc. Finn enjoyed climbing on the hay bales too (and everything, really).

Charlie picked up on the idea behind a pumpkin patch right away.
And he and Finn deliberated seriously about the right choice.
Ice Cream break!
Berkeley couldn't decide where she wanted to toddle off to next.
The only time Finn sat down was to try sitting on various pumpkins. It was a super warm day and with all the running around, his face was bright red. I thought he might get heat stroke!

Charlie didn't trust Mr Cow. We didn't break it to him that the stuff coming out of the cow's squirty thing was the milk he drinks every day.
Fun with the cut-outs! Obviously, Berkeley and Charlie didn't get the whole serious farmer pose.

Even with her parents' example, she still didn't get it down. "I can't not be cute, guys!"
Santos' needed a little coaching too.
And apparently Jeremy as well.
I believe I was chasing down Finn so didn't get the Wright family photo on my camera, but I'm sure they nailed it.
And here's my little pumpkin.
Doing his best to scare the crows.
Cute family alert! See...what a place for photo opps!



Buddies having snacks.
Charlie really wanted Finn to try his snack.
Maze!
Perfect for a game of closterphobic tag.
I mentioned the beautiful farmland locale, right?
Guess which pumpkin I took home with me?
I've already decided that this site will be our yearly pumpkin patch. It was everything a pumpkin patch should be, and a great excuse to venture out to the cute town of Petaluma and the lovely farmland surrounding it.

After we had our fill of the farm, we went into Petaluma and ate at Brixx Pizza. Some pretty solid pizza choices, and lots of kids there.

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