Pumpkin Patch

Last week Jonah and I went with our mom and tot group to Red Wolf Farms pumpkin patch. To refer to it as just a pumpkin patch is a bit of an understatement. It is a real working farm that also does tours for kids during this season. There was so much to see and Jonah is getting to an age where he really enjoyed it.

The first stop of the excursion was to see all of the animals. They had pigs, goats, chickens, bunnies, calfs, and "creek" creatures (turtles and stuff). Jonah got to touch them all and was excited to see each new animal. (He was really well behaved too. No pushing, waited his turn, and followed directions. I was really proud of him!)

 

 

 
Personally I loved watching him feed the chickens and the calf the most. He held a handful of chicken food with one hand and would dole out the pieces one by one with the other. The chicken waited patiently for him.

 

When we went over to the calfs, he had a great time with one in particular. He went up to the fence and stuck his finger through the slats. The calf would lick his finger and as he moved the calf would follow. Too cute! The leader then lined all of the kids up and let each one of them hold the bottle of milk for another hungry calf. Jonah wasn't afraid at all.

 

We also walked down to the creek that runs through the farm to see the "wild" animals like the crawdads and turtles. (The turtle was just a shell, and Jonah kept trying to get the crawdad to crawl into his hand cause he thought it looked like his "catter-pitter".)

 

After we saw all the animals we took a tractor ride over to the pumpkin patch and play area. Jonah is crusing along next to his little buddy Simon. (They are soooo cute together!!)

 

Jonah took off for the pumpkins as soon as the tractor stopped. (Literally...a worker had to run after him cause I was still on the tractor.) He thought he was a big enough stud to lift a pumpkin himself. Not quite kiddo.

 

We ended our time at the farm with a little running around, a little playing in the corn and wheat boxes (in lieu of sandboxes) and a little tractor racing. All in all, it was a great way to spend a morning.