Pumpkin Picking Time

The best thing about having kids... you get to relive your childhood. I had almost forgotten how much fun it was to go pumpkin picking. Of course, we usually got our pumpkins from our garden, but even still, a lot of thought goes into picking one that will make the perfect jack-o-lantern. But as we entered the pumpkin patch at Ashcombe Farm & Greenhouses (a former employer during my college years), Papa quickly squashed my visions of getting a pumpkin as big as Rayna. "Babies need baby pumpkins," I believe were his exact words. I told him he was no fun, but honestly Rayna seemed just as happy with her "baby" pumpkin, so I didn't put up a fight. We had some fun taking pictures, looking at the goat and watching kids play in the straw. Stay tuned for photos of the finished product... Hopefully I get around to carving it before Thanksgiving.