Pumpkin Patch

Pebbles!!!  Is this not the most perfect costume on the cutest girl EVER!

I really do love Autumn -- the rich colors, the crisp air, beautiful skies . . . but why the heck is it so flippin HOT in the end of October???? I know we live in Paradise, but REALLY. 90 degrees???  Still?!?!?!  So, you'll forgive the Fall colors and pumpkins galore amid short dresses and sweaty faces. Ugh.

As odd as insanely hot weather is for the season, it did not thwart our attempts to have some harvest fun. We headed up to Bates Nut Farm in Valley Center . . . it was a new adventure for us, since I had never been there. It was absolutely HUGE compared to the itty bitty pumpkin patch in Lakeside! As you can see above, Abby sprinted across the field to the pumpkins as fast as her little legs could carry her . . . or should I say, Pebbles sprinted across the field. :) She was the talk of the pumpkin patch, by the way :)

We had fun watching her bounce from pumpkin to pumpkin, and laughed as she once again was like Daddy and attempted to dead lift heavy objects (a huge pumpkin in this case). We let her pick out a few little pumpkins to take home -- her favorite are the tiny orange ones and she is playing with them to this very day. They are funky, cool stacking toys -- and cheap too. Sweet!

The place was amazing! Not only were there pumpkins and gourds galore, but scare crows, hay rides, balloons, farm animals (geese, donkeys, llamas, chickens, roosters, horses, etc), and petting zoos. (She is still a bit young for face painting, but I can't wait for her first one!) There was even a play area where we got to build bridges and castles with handmade wooden blocks. These block sets were for sale, but $200 was a little rich for my blood -- even if I do love to support the mom and pop businesses!

All in all, Abby loved our day trip and we loved getting to see her run, play, and experience life as a 19-month old (and as Pebbles!). Yay for the start of the holidays!

Happy Halloween!!! And . . . . Yabba Dabba Doo!