Urban Pumpkin Patches and the Petting Zoo

Somehow this year we missed our trip to Riley Farms for their U-pick for pumpkins and apples. I mean, sheesh, how'd we missed this? We were planning it for months, but when Corrie called to get some information she learned the apple harvest was over and the pumpkins were nearly done. Whoops, I guess.

We did get back over to Pa's Pumpkin Patch, our outskirts-of-town-urban pumpkin patch that parent drag their toddlers to every year:

They also had a petting zoo, where we subjected our Boy to sheep, goats...

...and chickens...

...among other critters.

Later on Corrie and Cass rode their tiny train as we introduced him to kettle corn:

As the season changes over we're beginning to see the holidays through the eyes of a person experiencing it for the first time. Last year Cass was here, but "experiencing" was limited at best. Even now, it's limited, but he has loads of fun doing these novel things.

Like Halloween. Our Boy missed Halloween this year, but mostly because he was sick. But also: we don't really live in a Trick-or-Treat area; he doesn't know what candy is; he doesn't really know what costumes are, and only has the mummy/chef outfit grandma sent him:

So, we're left with the for-the-parents pumpkin patches on the outskirts of town...