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10/17/2005 Archived Entry: "pick a peck of pumpkins"

We had so much fun at the pumpkin farm yesterday. Being in the city, we don't have those really cool ones with hay rides and mazes and all that. But we do live near a large agricultural college that maintains a pumpkin patch. Every year they open the patch for one weekend to sell pumpkins. People bring wagons and wheelbarrows and buy dozens. We ended up choosing seven for us. Tabitha was intent on BIG! and the first one she chose is just that, but then we convinced her we didn't want them all the same and we got a nice variety. For the last pumpkin I went in search throughout the patch and Tabitha kept showing me round and perfect. I tried telling her I didn't want ordinary, but she didn't get it. I finally told her I was looking for ugly, that she understood.

After we lugged all the pumpkins back to the car, we went to their tiny, I don't know what to call it, booth area. Tabitha slid down the inflatable slide, bounced in the bounce house, had her face painted, played two games and ended up with another pumpkin and a bouncy ball. Chris indulged in a funnel cake, but I didn't share because he had strawberries and whipped cream put on top. I'm more of a funnel cake purist so just had a small bite of the edge.

The college also has a farm store and set up a mini farmer's market with their wares. Tabitha chose a bag of pumpkin seeds, Chris had some niche market soda, and we bought fresh avocados for Daisy. At this point we had been there two hours and headed home. It was a wonderful Halloween activity. Ten minutes after we got home, the rain started, so our timing was just right.

I put Daisy down for a nap and Chris changed and headed out because he had a work matter that needed taking care of. Tabitha played computer games while I worked on the new Disney site (I'm about 2/3 done, I'd say) and we had lunch. After lunch and after Daisy woke up, my mom came over for a nice visit. Tabitha had been wanting to show her our decorations and I wanted my mom and Daisy to get some time together.

After a while, Chris came home, we said our good-byes to my mom and then just kind of did whatever. In between bouts of rain, Tabitha played in the front yard. Chris went out too and pitched to her until dinner (Basil pasta with feta, mmm). After dinner I took a hot bath which was wonderful on this rainy day. We got the kids off to bed (eventually) and I baked some apples to try with Daisy again. It's later in the season and I added cinnamon, so hopefully she won't think them as sweet or tart. Guess we'll see today :)

Last night was the booms. Thunder was shaking the windows. Daisy woke up once, Tabitha said she did too, but she didn't come to me. She says she just stuck her fingers in her ears, lol. After the thunder came the rain. Not just rain, but the kind of pouring rain that you have to shout to be heard over, not that we were having conversations at one in the morning, but you get my meaning. It repeated a few hours later and now there's no rain and a break in the clouds. We're supposed to have more thunder storms today, which I'm sure thrills my cats to no end. Nothing going on the Anc house though, so the rain won't change our plans.