Pumpkin Daze

Today was pumpkin day with the grandkids. Matt and Chris went to see 'Wicked' (awesome show) so Dick and I were in charge of the great pumpkin search. Marie came along too; she may technically be an 'adult', but the girl still wants a pumpkin to carve for Halloween. The pumpkin patch rules were the same for the grands as they were for our kids - You have to be able to carry the pumpkin by yourself; and only one pumpkin per person. The patch was a little picked over, but Naia and Miles had plenty of options. Leia couldn't have cared less and slept through the entire adventure.
I thought Miles would pick out the biggest gourd he could find, but he surprised me. He picked up several, said 'too heavy', and tossed them back down before finding his football-sized prize. And once he found that pumpkin, he never looked at another one.

Naia, on the other hand, went through at least a dozen choices - big and orange; small and darker orange; white; warty; stem; no-stem - before settling on the very first pumpkin she and Miles had found (the small white one Miles is holding in the top photo).

Victory!