Punkin' Pickin'

The weekend before Halloween, we headed up to Richmond for a family weekend of Monticello and Pumpkin picking at the Ashbury Berry Farm, just like last year. They have an "all you can carry" policy, so Daddy started flexing his muscles bright and early.

And, just like last year, we measured up...

...and visited the fish pond..

 ...before jumping on our hayride out to the patch.

These kiddos had so much fun, Evelyn especially had a blast pointing and scouting at each and every pumpkin and then declaring it "beautiful" or "icky."

We came pretty late in the season, so the pumpkins were a bit more picked over than last year, but we still found some keepers.

And again, just like last year, Mommy got a leeeeeetle ambitious about how many pumpkins Daddy could carry.

But, he managed to carry them all the requisite three steps - and we had ourselves a haul!

After some fantastic homemade donuts, Evelyn declared it was time to go, and she showed Daddy just how easy it was to carry those pumpkins.

Well, she tried.


Evelyn Rae is two years old, Liam is nine months old

...and this post had a lot of pictures. I know.

{You're welcome grandparents!}