Pumpkin Walk

I was out of town most of the day on Saturday, but that didn't stop Ben from not only taking 4 kids to the Pumpkin Walk, he also brought along a friend from our neighborhood.  He shared the following about this outing:

We had a blast at the Pumpkin Walk Saturday afternoon. There were a lot of activities for the kids. We started off by visiting a booth and learning about water conservation. The kids each got a little coffee mug and hot chocolate mix for having listened to the presentation. Then we went by another booth and got a free doughnut. That was the highlight for the kids. Jack and Jonathan (a friend from our neighborhood) were having a lot of fun together. All of the kids dressed up because if you wore your costume there you got a doughnut. After our doughnut we looked at the carved pumpkins on display. The kids loved it and pointed out the really cool and intricate ones and asked me to carve our pumpkins just like that. I swear they had professional artists do some of those pumpkins because they looked amazing. I tried to tell the kids that we were going to do something easier but they weren't having it. 

After that we did some of the little activities and games that the kids could play and then get candy as a reward. Then we went to a booth that had some animals on display. They had a snake, lizzard, skunk, and a gigantic rabbit and small tortoise out so you could pet them. The tortoise and rabbit were inside a fenced in area about 5' square that you could get in and pet them. That was the highlight of the day for Luke. Luke was dressed up in a extremely cute lion costume, which, by the way, received several compliments because of how cute he looked. He was overjoyed to sit in the pen and pet the tortoise and the rabbit. They were both very docile and just let him pet away. Kids would come and go but Luke just wanted to stay. One parent put their little girl in there with Luke. She couldn't have been much over 1 year old. She went to pet the tortoise then she started petting Luke as his back was turned to her and all she saw was a big lovable fuzzball to pet. That went on for a little while and me and the other parent just laughed and laughed. After that I literally had to pull Luke away from the petting area. He didn't want to leave the animals. 

After that we watched a little science show where a lady was adding hydrogen peroxide to a catalyst with some dish soap inside a carved pumpkin. That caused a reaction that exploded through the eyes and nose of the jack-o-lantern. It shot suds for about 10'. The kids loved it and Cat immediately wanted to recreate the experiment at the house. 

Cat put makeup on Eliza before they left.

Superman, a scientist, Rapunzel, and Lukey the Lion

Easy to see how a 1-year old could think that Luke was another thing to pet in the pen.

Puking Pumpkin!

Cat enjoyed talking to the Scientist after the demonstration.

Favorites from the Pumpkin Carving Contest