Baby Cakes: "Pumpkin Patch"

Notice the quotation marks. We set aside a Saturday to visit a pumpkin patch in a town far enough away you don't want to drive that far unless you have fairly big plans. Saturdays during football season are hard to come by, but the team was playing in another town about an hour and a half south so Xavier and I made the drive together. We got to the pumpkin patch town (much bigger than the location of the football game. We play 6-man football. That means all our games are in tiny towns like home) really early so we could do some shopping. Xavier had received some birthday money so we had fun picking out books and clothes together. First, though, we ate lunch at McAlister's Deli. Yum! Daddy doesn't like that place so we have to save it for Mommy/Son dates. They have great kids meals and some locations only charge 99 cents! We made it to the football game in time and J.J. drove us back to our hotel on Friday evening. Well, it has not rained here in ever so long. The summer just stretched on and on with heat and drought. I was never so happy to feel the arrival of Fall as this year. Needless to say the weather was perfect this Saturday morning for rain and who was I to complain when we needed it so desperately. Both pumpkin patches in this town were closed due to the weather. We ended up visiting a stand near a grocery store. Xavier didn't know the difference and he did get to pick his own pumpkin and ride in a wagon. I guess we'll try again next year. On a side note, our own little pumpkin patch that I had written off as a beautiful mess of huge vines is actually producing some pumpkins now. Stay tuned for more adventures as we attempt baking from our own garden!