Pumpkin Patch

This afternoon we went to the Dakota Carriage Company Pumpkin Patch. So much fun! I was super excited to get to pick out Jax's real first pumpkin since last year he wasn't so...interactive. (And just active!) We visited their petting zoo, checked out the spooky house, played mini golf, played some games, dug in the corn pit, ran through the bale maze, fed the horses, and picked a pumpkin. Picking out a pumpkin is quite a process though, we learned. We took a horse drawn carriage ride out to the patch from their main farm and turned Jaxon loose to pick his own. He'd run through them, stop at one and perform one of his "tests." He tried lifting them, he'd sit on them, he'd roll them over and really check them out, he even smelled one. The very top picture is the one that we ended up with. After about 20 minutes of deliberation, we decided the one that he kept coming back to must be "the one." We had so much fun, we will definately be going back next year!

THE pumpkin. Now we just have to carve it!Smelling them...

Is it comfortable to sit on?

Can I lift it?

Waiting for the horse drawn carriage

Feeding the Clydesdales. He grabbed whatever he could find on the ground to feed them. And just like at the Wahpeton zoo, he'd shove his whole hand in their mouth.

Riding in the cow train! We weren't so sure he'd stay sitting if he went by himself, so I got to go with.

Milking the cow ~ after he discovered that water came out of the udders though....you can about imagine how interested he was in the bucket and not trying to milk the cow!

My handsome cowboy!

Playing in the corn pit. He loved this thing. We couldn't get him out of it!

At least he's a happy bat!

Mini golfing ~ he'd hit the ball, run after it and yell "yay!" (Yay is one of his favorite words these days. His most favorite word right now is "Cookie?" but after he does something he's proud of he says yay. He's also a big fan of "GO!" these days.)

Fearless as he is, he walked up to this bull, grabbed its horn and shook it a little, and then when it looked at him, he patted it on the nose and laughed.