Pumpkin Festival

Today I took Jack to Butlers Orchard. It's an amazing place that offers year-round fun. In November we're going to their holiday open house to roast marshmallows and drink hot apple cider. Yum! They also have a market where you can buy homemade goodies and farm fresh produce. I bought jars of pumpkin butter and garlic pickles, fresh cranberries, apples, and a delicious pumpkin roll. More yum!

My little pumpkin:

Can you spot my pumpkin?

We met up with some other moms and the babies played around in the hay.

I guess I can't really call them babies. Except for Jack, they're all toddlers! All 4 of them (I only got pictures of 2) are over the age of 1 and running around. I can't believe that'll be Jack soon!

Picking out a pumpkin before going home (I got the best one!):

It was a terrific festival and I'm so lucky to have this farm just 10 minutes from my house! The only thing I'm sad about is we missed out on the hayrides and didn't go to the actual pumpkin patch. The hayride takes you out to the fields so you can literally pick your own pumpkins. The line was really long and it was getting late and I needed to feed Jack. After Jack ate, we went to the market and just "picked" our pumpkin from outside the store and then went on home. There will be free hayrides during their open house in November, so I'll take Jack on it then. 

Tomorrow morning I'm running (probably walking) a 5k. Then we're spending the day at home doing laundry, cooking, and playing! I'm going to mail the forms for Jack's book exchange on Monday. Please let me know if you want in!