Who's Afraid Of The Pumpkin Man?

Pumpkin Man
Originally uploaded by Q

Can summer really be over already? Well, if you live in the PNW it never really started. But summer ending does lead to one of the most beautiful times of year up here...Fall. In what seemed to be one day the trees turned into electric colors. Mike has had to start raking, the rain has started pouring and it is finally time to pick out pumpkins!

In what is maybe becoming a tradition Rooney and I went with the MOMS Club to a local pumpkin patch. Rooney really seemed to enjoy running around through the pumpkins but the tractor hay ride was cause for some concern. We didn't buy any pumpkins this day but I was planning.

Yesterday, in preparation for my birthday weekend Mike took the day off of work and Rooney, he and I went back to the pumpkin patch. This time we went with a mission. Well two really. Mission 1: Family time. Mission 2: Get some pumpkins! Both were successful. After picking out the most perfect pumpkins (one for each of us plus Courage and Rocco) we decided to brave the corn maze.

Last year when we went, my friend Sherry and I, didn't bother trying to use the map and we just winged it. I am proud to say that we used our survival instincts and obviously made it out of the maze alive but with Rooney getting older (and crankier) it was good to have Mike there to handle the navigation. We took Rooney through the maze on this little cart (only had one spill over; next year I bring the wagon) and he really seemed to enjoy it despite the corn stalks slapping him in the face.

By the time we left we could feel it was time to leave. Once we got Rooney into the car the waterworks started and he almost cried the whole way home. I don't know if he was just sad to leave or really tired but it was really cute and pathetic either way and I decided to take a picture.