Pumpkins '16

 An old friend from Walmart days, now has a pumpkin patch with activities for the kids, up in St. Anthony. So we took our boys on Saturday, to pick their pumpkins from a real patch, instead of a store. ;) They loved it! This old turkey was so sweet, and even followed us around for a while.

They were given suckers at the entrance.

 Sadly, they weren't running the train ride. Oh well, I can just imagine the boys jumping out mid-ride anyway.

The boys loved this corn pit, and probably would have stayed there for hours if we'd let them.

 They had this giant water/sewer tubing tilted to form a climbing slide. Jace loved it!

 And more tractor tires and bails of hay to climb on.

 Jace got the adorable pic as we left. Damon had a meltdown from being overheated. I thought it would be cold, and it was overcast when we were getting ready. But as we left, the sun came out. Warmed everything up, including the little man that was dressed for colder temps and can't sweat. :(

So my wishes for a family pic gave way to an awesome pic of Jace on one of their tractors.

 For the first year with the boys, I decided to carve the pumpkins. What a mess. hahaha. But they enjoyed it so much, I'll end up doing it from now on, I'm sure. Might as well invest in the carving knives.

 I was surprised Damon was willing to pull the guts out of his entire pumpkin.

 Jace, on the other hand, was thoroughly grossed out and only did a little bit.

 Kissing the smallest pumpkin.

 Damon's was an interesting combo of pen drawings and cut out "cheeks," aka ears, and mouth. I wish I could have video'd his scary faces. Little sweet Damon making scary faces just makes us laugh.

 Damon was angry the tea lights flickered. Pretty sure he was having killer seizures, because he was so grumpy and irrational. But Jace was just happy to have real jack-o-lanterns.