Saturday, October 11, 2008

Pumpkin Patch October 2008

It was 85 degrees today at the pumpkin patch, as the bright hot sun was beating down on us! (the kids faces were a nice glowing red) Oh...how fun Fall holidays are here in Florida! But the kids got to sit on tractors, Dallin was very upset that he couldn't ride the tractor. They were tied to the hay bales so no one would steal them...again Florida is wonderful! Then the kids went through a small hay bale maze and then picked out some pumpkins. Dallin and Jillian really enjoyed pulling the wagons around! We also got a paper on "How to Preserve Your Pumpkin":
  1. Soak pumpkin in bleach water overnight.
  2. Spray pumpkin daily with a bleach/water solution.
  3. Keep pumpkin in refrigerator everynight.
That's crazy...anywhere else you just have to carve it and put it on the porch and it will stay good for a month, but not in Florida! So we might be carving our pumpkins the night before Halloween!

3 comments:

The Horal Clan said...

Such cute pictures. Looks like a fun place. Embry can't wait for halloween, he loves all the scary stuff. We're all going to be jedi knights. He is obsessed with Anakin.

flmama said...

If it makes you feel better, we went to an apple orchard tour the other day and hit the pumpkin patch while we were there. It was about 83 and my kids are still in shorts and t-shirts in the middle of October in Ohio! I think the weather is giving me false hope that winter won't come! :)

Cindy said...

What great pics!!! And I'm really sad, cause I'm thinking "hey, those would make a great layout". LOL