Pumpkin Patch

We always plan a trip to the pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins and have a little fall fun. This year we went to a patch near Fargo as we were there visiting during the MEA break. The weather was near perfect and grandma was along so it was a great day!!
Pumpkin picking is starting to get a little bit harder as they have to find the right one. It has to have the perfect stem and stand up just right and have smooth flesh and on and on. This year Eli wanted a tall and skinny pumpkin. This is not the pumpkin he got:

Sadie searched and searched and searched (to the end of mom's patience) to find a perfect pumpkin. Her criteria for the perfect pumpkin: one she could carry. After what seemed like an hour of searching we finally spied a cart full of little pumpkins and that is exactly what she wanted.
The rest of the pumpkin patch had the usual fall fun stuff: plenty of opportunity for photo opps, haybale mazes, haybale lassoing, wagon rides, and barrels pulled by a lawn mower. Good times.