Fall Has Begun

One of the things I looked forward to the most about Fall in Virginia was going to Cox Farms. So I looked to see what kinds of farms or pumpkin patches they had around here. There are quite a few of them (none even close to the size of Cox Farm or as close to home) so on Thursday we decided to go to the Pumpkin Patch of Flower Mound. Aunt Christina is in town visiting which made it even more fun. There were a few of those huge inflatable obstacle courses, a hayride, two hay mazes (one large one small). At first, both Orin and Micaiah were a little trepidatious about going on some of the larger slides, but they warmed up and then were all over the place. The weather was perfect! One thing I've enjoyed in Dallas so far is that in the 30 days we've lived here we've had only about 3 days that were overcast - the rest have been sunny and beautiful. Orin ventured into the small hay maze without knowing what he was getting into. After about 30 seconds we heard him yell out, "I'm lost!" But luckily he didn't freak out (the rows were WAY too skinny for me to fit in to rescue him) and found his way. We all (Orin, Micaiah and I) tried to conquer the larger maze, but this one had almost as narrow rows and after about 5 minutes I decided to exit (mostly because of the hay in my clothes). We ended the day by picking out a Bumpy Little Pumpkin. We got this book at the library and Orin wanted to get a pumpkin just like the one in the book. When we got home we painted it - with the help of the two neighbor kids (age 4 & 2) whom Orin and Micaiah have become friends with. Orin wanted it to be the rainbow pumpkin from the book The Legend of Spookly the Square Pumpkin. (Can you tell this kid LOVES books?) Oh, and the best part was that it was free (besides the price of the pumpkin). We're looking forward to trying out some of the other farms over the next few weeks.