When I was a kid, pumpkin patches consisted of two things:
1) PUMPKINS
2) A PATCH
These days they are filled with hay rides, corn mazes, petting zoos, ponies and bouncy castles. (Or is that just the ones in New York?)
Which means not only is pumpkin selection important, but order of pumpkin selection events are important too. For example, you should NOT select your pumpkins before partaking in all the other activities unless you want to carry around two or three massive pumpkins while also making sure your child doesn't fall off a pony, eat food meant for a goat or get kicked in the head in a bouncy castle. (Can you guess who made that idiotic mistake last weekend?)
Plus, Mazzy continues to subscribe to the theory that BIGGER IS BETTER. The perfect pumpkin is the one that needs a separate car to drive it home.
Mazzy loved it all, of course. Particularly the pony rides. Check her out below— doesn't she look like a pro?
Did I mention I had my camera in tow? I continue to carry the thing even though I am just as likely to get a picture of Brad Pitt making out with my mother as I am to getting a picture of Mazzy smiling at camera.
So what do I do when I've got a whole lot of pictures of the back of my child's head? I make a comic strip.
Which brings me to the third installment of 'Lil Maz…
Past installments include Lil Maz: Zoo Detective and Resistance is Futile, Charlie.
I do love your comic strip!!
Mazzy certainly knows her pumpkins.
Bigger is ALWAYS better 🙂 And yes pumpkin patches have everything these days. It is kind of ridiculous 😛
Ha! The only thing you were missing is some really bad dribbly sticky food all over her little hands the entire time you were there.
Gotta love the fricking holidays. 😉
Pumpking patches in LA are the same way – pony rides, bouncy houses, petting zoo, and sometimes craft areas. They are crazy!
adorable pics!!
yeah what happened to pumpkin patches being just pumpkins?! we went to one and there was a hay ride, haunted house, corn maze, tracker rides, market, and craft fair. it was packed and insane.
So cute and yes they are all the same. Last year we just went to Target as the pumpkins were cheaper yet the commercialization was the same..and also..Starbucks on site.
lmao LOVE the comic strip. And for the record, I’m guessing pumpkin patches are like that everywhere these days. Definitely true here in Wisconsin. It’s like an amusement park plus pumpkins.
Our last two weekends have consisted of: two separate pumpkin patches, three hayrides, two corn mazes, one goat-feeding, three actual pumpkins, numerous jumps off hay bales, and a partridge in a pear tree.
Suffice to say, Vivian really, REALLY loves pumpkin patches.
Love it! And oh Ilana, Mazzy is getting soooo big. I really don’t think your Twitter bio should be allowed to say “brand new mom” anymore. 🙂 Sorry friend, you’re just a regular old mom like the rest of us now.
My mom’s rule, that I’ve adopted, is that you can have the biggest pumpkin you can carry! No mommies carrying around ginormous pumpkins.
I love your strip of pumpkin fun! JDaniel loves small pumpkins! I love that he picks pumpkins that I can carry.
I wish I had a picture of all the bouncy castles in a row. I thought I took one but must have deleted it. I have never seen bouncy anythings this large in my life.
We steered clear of the food area. The lines were way too long anyway. And I honestly can’t imagine giving Mazzy access to a candy apple or something. She’d need a bath immediately.
I would’ve picked the biggest pumpkin too. Good job, Mazzy.
We went to another one a few weekends ago that had a whole craft component to it. I tried to get her face painted but she wouldn’t sit still and kept grabbing the lady’s paint brush.
There was a haunted house and a market here too. Or was it that the corn maze was haunted? There was also a fire engine for all the kids to play on. Total overload!
Starbucks is everywhere right? Last year, we went to the oyster festival in Oyster Bay and Starbucks was giving out free oatmeal. What the hell does breakfast have to do with oysters???
Craziness. As I said above, I wish I had a picture of the row of bouncy castles for comparison’s sake. I swear, you could climb to the top and touch the sun on some of them.
Mazzy loves buying pumpkins at the store. Every time we pass a bodega with pumpkins outside, she says, “Buy a pumpkin?” Then she picks one out and we buy it. I give her a dollar to give the cashier. I think her total association with purchasing and money is pumpkins.
I changed my twitter bio just for you. It now sounds really boring and like I have an 18 year old. Thank you very much.
Sad face.
I’m adopting that rule. Thank you!
Thankfully, my husband was there to help.
One word: Burbs.
Move to the burbs and grow your own. No more lugging pumpkins around.
🙂
“Where the best pumpkins at?”
THAT made me smile.
Especially because it was to a goat.
XO
Very cute!
We have avoided the pumpkin patch this year. Last year it was only a “patch” of about 30 – just us. The kids were both thrilled with choosing a pumpkin. I guess I can expect more excitement if we go next year.
I have three+ years more parenting experience than you, so allow me to offer this veteran nugget of wisdom:
NEVER TRUST GOATS.