Pumpkin Patch

I love fall!!!!  It is my favorite time of year.  I love the colors, the weather, and all things pumpkin (pumpkin latte's, pumpkin bread, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin butter-you name it!)  Last year we went to Tomachoff farms in Phoenix when Brooke was just 10 days old.  How things change in a year!  Now, we are in San Diego and Brooke didn't sleep the day away in the Ergo.

We decided to head up to Julian, which is about an hour from where we live. Julian is an old mining town now full of apple orchards and fun little shops.  We've been wanting to get up there to pick our own apples, but since this was such a dry year most of them were closed.  We did, however, go to Julian Mining which has a pumpkin patch this time of year.  For a small fee, we got to go on the tractor ride, feed some goats and chickens, watch how apple cider is made and check out the pumpkin patch.  Connor, of course, was deatly afraid of the tractor ride at first, but once we got going, he loved it!  Brooke chowed down on an apple the whole way and couldn't have cared less that we were on moving bales of hay.

Connor loved the apple pressing part-he ate an apple and was facinated at the guy making "Apple Juice!"  He didn't stop talking about it all day.  Then, with the apple leftovers, we headed over to the goats, pigs and chickens to give them a little snack.  At first Connor was a little freaked out, but Ryan showed him how to hold out his hand to feed the goats.  We even got to see a baby goat, 2 fat pigs and a couple of turkeys! 

Then we headed to the pumpkin patch.  We didn't take any home with us since Trader Joes has them for $2.99 a piece, but Connor did like checking out the pumpkins on a vine.  He still talks about going to see the pumpkins! 

Then it was time to head home.  We passed the goats one more time, and Connor decided he needed to see his goat friends before we left.  He was telling him all sorts of stories, and then tried to feed him dirt.  That was the end of the friendship. :)





We had to try one last time to get a good shot at the two of them together!  I finally got one where they were both looking, so that was a success!  Overall, it was a great family day and a perfect kick-off to fall!