The Great Pumpkin Patch

While they were visiting over the holiday weekend, Grandma Paige and Poppa Fred took us to the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad.

We rode a train out to the Great Pumpkin Patch!

There were so many activities we could have stayed all day (except that we had to take the train back on time)!

There was an apple picking game.

P was a big fan of the corn table.

We took a hayride. We found out that C's costume was about six inches too short, which is at least one of the reasons that he didn't want to wear it when we went to Tweetsie Railroad.

When we came back from the hayride, P and C discovered the inflatable slide.

The slide was followed by tattoos. (I may have posted this first tattoo picture because you can see one of P's Great Pumpkin tennis shoes. I really really really like those shoes. We got them half off last fall for both boys. C outgrew his, but P wore his for the second October in a row. I bet they won't fit P next year, but they might fit C.)

The trick or treat area was inside a building and was tented so that it actually appeared dark and the trick or treaters could go door to door for candy. The theming was excellent, and it gave the boys a chance to practice saying "Thank you!" for their treats before Halloween night. C even kicked it up a notch and said, "Trick or treat, please!" when he asked for his treats.

Somehow we convinced to boys to put down their bags of freshly gathered treats and choose their pumpkins from the patch.

They even posed for a photo for me and were both looking in the general direction of the camera!When we met the Peanuts gang, P was not feeling a photo op. He sat that one out, but C was happy to pose.

We had just enough time to grab a quick lunch and catch the train back to "town". This trip was definitely a highlight of our fall season!