Pumpkin Picking

We headed to two different pumpkin patches this year to pick pumpkins. 
The first one, Stuckmeyers, is right down the road from our house and is a smaller, cheaper, and less crowded pumpkin patch.  We went one Sunday afternoon with Sally, Trent, Brynn, Papa Jim and Mawmaw. 

 Trent and Leah enjoyed the bounce houses and blow-up slides, all free!

Our second visit to the pumpkin patch was with Leah's school for their fall field trip.  We headed to the Eckert's in Millstadt.  We'd never been to this Eckert's before and I was quite impressed with all the extras they had to offer.  I wasn't so impressed with their prices (luckily we went with the school and got a discount, but normally it's expensive), I also wasn't impressed with their pumpkin patch, it looked like they had just "planted" a bunch of already picked pumpkins in their patch, so you didn't really get to pick one off the vine, more like just pick it up off the ground.  Leah, however didn't seem to mind.

 Grandma Debbie and Papa Greg were in town to help celebrate Leah's birthday and they got to come along with us.

 Leah loved jumping on the blow-up pillow and riding the airplanes.

 Leah and Papa Greg, birthday buddies.

So much fun!  I'm sure we'll be making multiple trips back to Stuckmeyers and Eckerts in the years to come, we're so lucky to live close to such nice places where we can enjoy fun fall activities!