Yesterday Jon was a sweetheart and left work early to indulge my ridiculous need to take Reed to a pumpkin patch. I know he is pretty young, but I thought he might enjoy it and if nothing else it would be a great autumn photo op. Well the kiddo surprised me and loved picking out a pumpkin more than I had expected. I think part of it was that he thought he was seeing lots of orange colored balls, plus there were tons of kids around, another of Reed's favorite things. Whatever it was, the moment he saw the pumpkin patch his elbows and knees locked he went completely stiff and started shrieking with excitement.
He walked around for a good 30 minutes pointing to the pumpkins he liked, trying even to lift some. Finally he found the perfect Reed sized pumpkin and from that moment on refused to be separated from it. He kept tossing it like it was a ball, but the darn thing wouldn't break and when Jon or I tried to carry it for him he would get so mad and chase after us until we gave it back. I had a lot of fun, I know Reed did too, and even Jon admitted it was pretty cool to see Reed experience something new in such a positive way. I've rambled long enough, here are the pictures . . .
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