I keep seeing all of these wonderful blog posts with photos of kids at pumpkin patches. Kid’s are bundled up in cute jackets and hats, sipping cider, snapping pumpkins off their vines in the middle of a field …
Yeahhh … that’s not how pumpkin patches work in Texas.
To start with, it’s 80-something degrees here. So cute Fall clothes are OUT. We’re chugging water and munching on kettle corn popcorn. Oh, and our pumpkins are brought in by a big truck and placed strategically around a field in an aesthetically pleasing way.
But it’s still really fun!
We don’t have red and orange and yellow trees … or cool, crisp weather, or hot chocolate or apple cider … but we sure do have a lot of sunshine 
… and while the Mouse was running around like a madman, the Froggy was in awe of his first pumpkin experience, and a little upset by the bright sun, lol.
We did try out the corn maze this year … and found ti quite a bit more challenging than we had anticipated. The Mouse got quite concerned when we kept hitting dead ends, lol.
The Froggy, however, decided to take a nap.
It was such a nice family evening … even though we didn’t have ‘perfect’ Fall weather or leaves, we still had a perfect evening together with our boys.
If you don’t have cooler weather where you live right now … how do you get into the Fall spirit?
Just found your blog — your family is adorable!!! And we don’t have a lot of perfect fall days out here in Seattle, either. We have lots of wet ones, though (i.e. need to wear boots because the pumpkin patch is more of a mud patch
. Send some Texas sun our way!
Thank you! I love new followers! And yes, I’ll be sure to send some extra sunshine to Seattle as well!
So cute! I’m glad y’all had fun. To answer your last question- I don’t. I was so excited it was down in the low 70s for a few days, but that’s gone now. I’m hoping that pumpkin carving this weekend will help get me into the fall spirit. If nothing else, I’m determined to get there by Halloween!!
Your Pumpkin Patch photos are just as great as the “Fallish” ones. I LOVE the corn maze photo!
Looks so nice and warm! I’m jealous!