There's a party in the Larsen house!

I have ALWAYS wanted to go to a Pumpkin Patch. But I had no idea where to go when I was in Utah, or I decided Abby was too young, or who knows why I didn't go. But I always wanted to go. So when my friend asked if we wanted to go along this year I immediately jumped on it! Wahoo! Bucket list, check. So here is the massive picture dump from our awesomely, chilly trip to the Stocker Farms Pumpkin Park in Snohomish, WA. Enjoy!

Bumpin' up and down in my little red wagon....
(Claire LOVED the wagon. I'm so buying one for Christmas. Don't tell Jesse.)

Abby and Jesse searched far and wide in the big field of pumpkins...

And this is the one she picked. A gourd. A freakin' gourd. Of all the beautiful orange pumpkins, she picks a gourd.
Be your own kind of beautiful, I guess?

Claire found her pumpkin pretty fast.

This is NOT a piece of fried chicken. It is a donut. And it was the most heavenly donut I've ever eaten. They were from a street vendor at the farm named Seattle Street Donuts. They were cinnamon-caramel flavored and they literally melted in your mouth.

And this is me eating the entire bowl of donuts. I was supposed to share. Whoops. :) (We bought three bowls because they were so amazing).

This is the pumpkin Abby was going to buy before she found her gourd. Check out her mouth. It's a half-eaten corndog. Personally not a fan, but she loved it. Let's hear it for fair food!

This farm was super cute. They had tons of fun activities for the kids. Like pounding nails. Who knew it could be so entertaining?! My girls LOVED it. So we pounded nails,

we hula-hooped,

raced rubber ducks,

fished for trout,

dug in a giant corn pit,

and apparently pounded more nails. :)

And Claire started her own band with some old pots and pans that the kids could bang on to make music. She's going to be a rockstar one day.

Oh you sassy child. This is her "hey grandma, come visit me" face. ;)

We had an awesome time! It was cold, but the girls were great. There was actually a train, pony rides, hay rides, face painting, human hamster wheels, and a pumpkin bounce house, but my four-year-old screamed bloody murder if we took her near those venues. So we pounded more nails. One day we'll figure out what scares her about all of those things, but at least they had fun! And yes, Claire spent the whole time trying to see out from under her hat. It's the only hat she'll wear. She loves it. So we make it work. :)

P.S. Current boy name idea: James. Thoughts?