Punkins in the Pumpkins

Livi's preschool set up a trip to the local pumpkin patch.  We have an honest-to-goodness pumpkin patch IN town!!! (I put the exclamations in to make it seem more exciting, and less hicksville than it actually is). 

Livi's first time EVER on a school bus.

Yes, this really is in town (ok...on the edge, but still in town)

The kids could pick out ANY pumpkins they wanted.  Any at all.  Big, giant, tall, expensive pumpkins that would save their parents so much money it's insane, so they naturally wanted...

the littlest ones they could find.

Most of the whole group.

When the big kids got home and found out that Livi got to go to the pumpkin patch they naturally took it well, if by well you mean were so outraged at the injustice of life that they somehow whined and complained until I gave up and promised we would go as a family that Saturday.

Luckily Saturday was much warmer:

Yes, it snowed today, but less than a week ago Ethan was wearing shorts.

Ella thought we needed a picture of me and Eric.  Since it wasn't horrible and I'm almost never in pictures, I decided to add it.

Eric loved this pumpkin/gourd/mushroom hybrid and decided we NEEDED it at home.

The only bad thing about this patch is there are a TON of stickers, which meant that one member of our family...

was relegated to doggy jail in the car.

The fruits of our labors, which was surprisingly cheap.  Yee Ha Nebraska!