The Pumpkin Patch

15 October 2008, Wednesday

Kaylie wanted Mommy a lot today. She is still very nice to the baby and loves to touch his blanket and his hat and just to look at him, but she wants a little more attention from Mom.

18 October 2008, Saturday

We went to the pumpkin patch to get pumpkins for jack-o-lanterns. The pumpkin patch seemed very nice. They had rides and bounce castles but it turned out that all of these things cost a lot of money. Grandma bought all of us some cotton candy and funnel cake. Then we went to buy some pumpkins.

Dallin searched for a long time, trying to find "the perfect pumpkin." He finally found it, and indeed it was a perfectly shaped pumpkin. Sam was less picky but couldn't be done looking until Dallin was. Once he had found the "perfect" pumpkin, Dallin helped Sam find one. We encouraged Kaylie to look among the smallish pumpkins. She eventually found one that she loved, and that didn't have a stem. I found one that was almost the same shape and size, but had a stem and asked her to put it in the cart. She kept going back to the stemless pumpkin and touching it affectionately. She won and the stemless pumpkin rode home with us.

In the afternoon, while the girls slept, I worked on the lawn and Dallin built a contraption in the garage with cardboard boxes, nails, and duct tape. It began life as an airplane, but then became a rocket ship.