October, so wondrous and hectic

October, my favorite month, is ever so hectic and amazing. The pumpkin patch is by far one of my favorite necessities of the month. Unfortunately a Nor'easter blew in right before prime pumpkin picking season this year and brought with it eight days straight of rain. It was way too wet to actually pick pumpkins off the vines, which is a shame because I love turning over a leaf and finding just the right one. Despite this we were still able to take a little tractor hayride to a small dry field and pick from some preselected gourds. Plenty of fun to be had anyway at the Henley Farm in Pungo, I personally was tickled with their herd of 60 cats that greeted us when we pulled up. And Maddie learned a how to play a mean game of cornhole.

Maddie playing cornhole with the owner of the farm.

Since we picked the pumpkins so early we decided to hold off carving them and instead let Maddie draw some Jack o lantern faces on them with Daniel's help.