We took Deacon to a pumpkin patch last weekend. Well, it's more than a pumpkin patch...it's Mike's Farm! And those who live around here know or have heard of what I'm talking about. It's a great "autumn thing" to experience -- a hayride to a pumpkin patch, a cute little country store with lots of fudge flavors for sale and yummy family style dining! Oh, the restaurant is awesome, ya'll! Country cooking including homeade mac & cheese, ham biscuits and banana pudding. Mmm...
Deacon, of course, is a little young to even know what we were doing but he was a trooper through the waiting in line for hayride tickets, waiting in line for the hayride itself, waiting for our names to be called at the restaurant...
It's a pretty popular place this time of year.
He did fine on the crowded hayride, checking everything out along the way, as he always does. We got some cute photos at the pumpkin patch which, of course, is the whole POINT of this trip. :)
Shhh, don't tell anyone -- we didn't even get a pumpkin. I wanted to get a small one for Deacon, but they were all gone (or smashed). We didn't get one because Jeff has his own pumpkins growing and we're planning to carve one of those this weekend. At least one of them, should be close to ready to harvest by then. I hope the "guts" will be good because I'm planning to bake with it!
