The Schienbein family, and Grandma Shanna, went to the Pumpkin Patch today. Every year, (except last year because Tayler's class went to Job's nursery instead) we go out to the Country Mercantile to climb the hay pyramid, to get lost in the hay maze, to pet the animals at the petting zoo, and to take a tractor ride out to the pumpkin patch.
We've been taking Tayler for years, but this year was Carson's first. And boy did he have a good time! We did learn that he doesn't LOVE the feel of straw on his skin, and prefers NOT sitting next to scarecrows. And for some unknown reason, he thinks that a llama eating a piece of corn stalk is about the funniest thing he's ever seen in his life.
Tayler climbed clear to the top of the hay pyramid several times, and even noted that from up at the top, I looked like a mere ant on the ground. =) She ran around the hay maze several times, and had a great time watching the little bunnies in the petting zoo. She carefully selected a pumpkin, and although we told her she needed to pick one she could carry, she found one that was a bit too heavy, but too perfect to pass up. So, we brought it home.
I will never get sick of our Country Mercantile tradition. Every year I leave that place with the feeling that fall is really here. I love this time of year, and cannot wait for the pumpkin carving tomorrow!
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