Ben's First Pumpkin

As I mentioned in a previous post, Steve and I had been looking forward to visiting Curtis Orchard with Benjamin and picking some pumpkins from the pumpkin patch. Although it was an unseasonably warm day (upper 70s!), we decided to go yesterday and Grandma Zusman came with us. Benjamin had a pretty good time, though he was not his complete cheerful self. This has been fairly typical this past week, as he has not been sleeping very well during the day. He sleeps well in his crib at night now, but it is still rough during the day. We will have to explore Curtis Orchard again when it is more Fall-like weather!




Here is Benjamin with the first little pumpkin that we found for him. As you can see, he is not a happy camper.

Here is Grandma Zusman with Benjamin in the pumpkin patch. She is holding the next pumpkin we found - a cute medium-sized pumpkin. Benjamin took a nap during this portion of our outing, which was just as well as it made him much happier afterwards.

I always wanted to get a picture of Benjamin surrounded by lots of pumpkins. In the past, Steve and I have gotten some great pictures of us by piles of pumpkins and gourds and now we will have this one and others we took during this visit to add to our collection.

The last pumpkin we picked out was a massively big pumpkin. That will make a lot of pumpkin seeds! The girl at the register commented that it weighed more than Benjamin - Benjamin weighs a little over 13 pounds now and the pumpkin was over 39 pounds!