On Saturday, I couldn’t wait to take Nolan to a pumpkin patch for the first time. Living in a small town, I am always looking for events we can do and places we can go with a 2-year-old—since there aren’t always a lot of options. I have great memories of going to the pumpkin patch as a kid. My sister and I were a part of AWANA at church, and every year, we would take a bus from Chicago up to a farm in Wisconsin to see adorable farm animals and choose the biggest and best pumpkins. I wanted Nolan to experience this sweet and simple fall tradition.
As soon as Nolan saw all the pumpkins, “punks” as he calls them, he started loading them into a wagon. It was endearing to watch the gears in his mind turning, as he did this totally unprompted.
Look at that strong guy!
Steve and I had never done a corn maze before—not really worth $4, but cool nonetheless.
They had little pools and sandboxes full of dry corn for kids to play with. Nolan found himself a spot, and he would have been content to stay there the whole day. With cold little hands, he used a shovel to scoop and pour the corn over and over again, as if it was his gold treasure.
We went to a pumpkin patch last Friday! I'm jealous of your warm clothes, it was 90 degrees when we went! Such sweet pictures!
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What a great family tradition! Looks like Nolan had a wonderful time :)
ReplyDeleteAs I saw that last picture of Nolan, I realized you should hold onto that! To you Nolan looks so big right now, after all he's not a baby anymore and once that baby #2 is born he'll look even bigger! Baby #2 will turn a year old, and you will look at these pictures of Nolan around this time (or close to your delivery with #2) and realize just how "babyish" Nolan really is. I know this probably doesn't make any sense, and I'm having trouble explaining it, but my memories of Jessa close to my due date with Jacen, I thought she was "so grown up!" Now that Jacen is the same age (about) as Jessa was during that time it's shocking to think I was having another while Jessa was still so young. What i'm trying to say is.... hold on to that picture! It will be shocking to you in a year or so! haha Miss you!
ReplyDeleteThat picture of him pulling the wagon is so precious.
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a good time!
So much fun! Great pictures :)
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