I Had It Coming.

As a eventful follow up to our fun Krueger Farm pumpkin patch romp this last month, it is inevitable to have the messy and creative first fun carving of the pumpkins. Myself not always so eager for that, as I do lack some creative knife jabbing stills. However this year, being the first time to have my toddler feel the gross guts of the lovely squash we so enjoy, a carving we will go. That was the plan straight after breakfast this morning. However, low and behold, two of the three pumpkins took a walk with the young hoodlums of South East Portland.  Disappointment abounded as I threw open the door!  As a panicked after thought, I was concerned our gnomey friends went missing too as they occasionally do this time of year. Blessedly they were still there, but didn't really do their sentry duty as they may have been shacking up in the hydrangeas.  They've been moved to the front porch now to stand guard for reals.  Look out trick-o-treaters, they bite.

My first and guilty reaction was, I had it coming. A whole truck load full of pumpkins that the fine town of McMinnville, Oregon was divested of, can attest to that. It is truly fitting that it happened the very first time that I had my own little person to show the Jack-O-Lantern arts. I can attest to the fact that I don't recall relieving any pumpkins from residential porches, just parking lots. So hopefully I've paid my due for this specific holiday. For other holidays - That's another story.

Ultimately, one small pumpkin is really all you need for a toddler anyways.  We bagged our day plans since it was raining cats and dogs, being the wet Portland we all hear about, but we ended up having a nice visit from Cookie Monster.  Hopefully Wednesday will let us enjoy a bit of trick or treating if it ever stops raining.  We're all dressing up as gnomes, so stayed tuned.

Here's a clip of our sesame street shenanigans on vimeo.
http://vimeo.com/52362591

Four reasons Autumn is my favorite

Should have worn shorts to the pumpkin patch.

Today we headed out to Krueger's Farm on Sauvie Island for some pumpkin patch fun with the little guy. 

It was an such a beautiful fall day in Portland, and we were wishing we brought sunscreen and shorts instead of  rubber boots and jackets.  

Captured By Porches Brewery was out there again this year, along with a hip twitching blue grass band and some yummy food stands.  Throw in some locally made bratwurst and some corn on the cob and it was a wonderful way to start out our pumpkin patch fun.

Apparently now that means, we'll be carving some pumpkins in our near future.