As you know, I love pumpkins. The more unique the better.  So over the weekend, when we had some unexpected free time, we decided to road trip it up to a pumpkin patch about 45 minutes north of Los Angeles.  And it was Max’s first pumpkin patch!

They were only open until 6pm and we arrived around 4:30pm.  Perfect timing because by that time of day, half the place was in the shade.  Plus there was probably half as many people.  I don’t know about you, but I’m just not up for big crowds.  I refuse to shop for groceries or anything on the weekends in Los Angeles.  I’d rather go on a Monday at noon.  Plus then I can grab my free coffe or food sample without waiting for some slow poke with a million questions to get out of my way!  And that’s how I like my pumpkin patch too – free of crowds.

I can’t wait until Max is old enough to pick out his own pumpkin, run around the corn maze, hit the petting zoo and beg for a train ride.  Until then, we at least snapped some photos of him having his first pumpkin patch adventure.  We had him test out a few up close.

This was my favorite pumpkin – the stem was longer than the pumpkin!

This weekend we are also hoping to hit the same pumpkin patch we went to last year – but this time with some friends!  It just depends on our work schedules on whether or not we’ll make it out.  Yup, I sure do love pumpkins.