Have you ever tried to paint happy little childhood memories for your child? The pumpkin patch at our church was my plan for the afternoon. Adorable pictures in the sea of pumpkins. Letting Connor play in the hay. Picking out a pumpkin together. Enjoying the beautiful weather...
Well the afternoon was more like....Connor was starving, so we scarfed lunch in the parking lot of the church. Once he was fed, Mom scarfed her lunch as she chased her precious little munchkin into the pumpkin patch. Connor tries to crawl into bounce house. Mom can't let him in until we pay for it. Connor throws first tantrum. Mom purchases admission into the bounce house & Connor finds a fire hydrant that holds his attention instead. Mom was determined to do the bounce house now that we paid for it. Connor went in bounce house for about 1 minute then he was over it. Connor then moved onto the pumpkins. Connor would try to lift the biggest pumpkins possible. Mom would quickly redirect Connor to avoid crushing his tiny toes with the enormous pumpkins. Connor throws tantrum #2. Mom redirects Connor to the tiny pumpkin section, so we could pick out a fun & affordable $1 pumpkin. Connor treated the pumpkins as water balloons & kept heaving them onto the ground. Mom removes Connor from the area once again. Connor throws tantrum #3. Mom needs a break. Mom & Connor have a timeout in the parking lot. Once we gather our thoughts, wipe away the boogers & tears, we try again. Mom & Matt work together to position Connor in the pumpkin patch. Matt snaps the photos. Mom randomly shoots out words that might make Connor smile. "Bird," "Flag," "Coconut"...were just a few choice words that always grab Connor's attention. Connor was more interested in the little seeds that had fallen from the tree. Mom and Matt stayed until we had a good 40 pictures on the camera, in hopes that one was salvageable. Mom purchases baby pumpkin in hopes of feeling like we were somewhat successful from our trip to the pumpkin patch. We loaded in car. Connor was asleep within 2 minutes. Nap time was not the best time to try a toddler photo shoot. Lesson learned for next year :).
Bounce house!Well the afternoon was more like....Connor was starving, so we scarfed lunch in the parking lot of the church. Once he was fed, Mom scarfed her lunch as she chased her precious little munchkin into the pumpkin patch. Connor tries to crawl into bounce house. Mom can't let him in until we pay for it. Connor throws first tantrum. Mom purchases admission into the bounce house & Connor finds a fire hydrant that holds his attention instead. Mom was determined to do the bounce house now that we paid for it. Connor went in bounce house for about 1 minute then he was over it. Connor then moved onto the pumpkins. Connor would try to lift the biggest pumpkins possible. Mom would quickly redirect Connor to avoid crushing his tiny toes with the enormous pumpkins. Connor throws tantrum #2. Mom redirects Connor to the tiny pumpkin section, so we could pick out a fun & affordable $1 pumpkin. Connor treated the pumpkins as water balloons & kept heaving them onto the ground. Mom removes Connor from the area once again. Connor throws tantrum #3. Mom needs a break. Mom & Connor have a timeout in the parking lot. Once we gather our thoughts, wipe away the boogers & tears, we try again. Mom & Matt work together to position Connor in the pumpkin patch. Matt snaps the photos. Mom randomly shoots out words that might make Connor smile. "Bird," "Flag," "Coconut"...were just a few choice words that always grab Connor's attention. Connor was more interested in the little seeds that had fallen from the tree. Mom and Matt stayed until we had a good 40 pictures on the camera, in hopes that one was salvageable. Mom purchases baby pumpkin in hopes of feeling like we were somewhat successful from our trip to the pumpkin patch. We loaded in car. Connor was asleep within 2 minutes. Nap time was not the best time to try a toddler photo shoot. Lesson learned for next year :).
Connor picking out giant, ugly pumpkin...and beginning his tantrum by throwing mulch...
My pumpkin!
This picture makes me laugh. This was about the time I was spouting out words that make Connor smile. I said "bird" and instead of smiling, Connor looked up in the tree to find the bird! My poor confused little boy.
Can you believe it?! The scarecrow was holding a flag! Connor loved it...but then was quickly over it!
My little hulk...
Mommy trying to save her little hulk from getting crushed...
Kisses :)
"Can we go yet?!"
And one last photo for fun~Here's Connor's picture in the pumpkin patch from last year.
Scary how fast time flies...
2 comments:
Can I tell you I am seriously laughing hysterically at this... "bird, flag, coconut!" I can hear myself saying that in attempts to take a decent picture. It becomes an act of desperation "Kylie look at mama! I have M&Ms!" Kylie didn't love the pumpkin patch either (I totally blogged it to sound like more fun than it really was. HA!) I can't wait to see Mr. Connor dressed up for Halloween!! Oh and I love the pic from last year :)
I can't stop laughing about the bird picture... that's too cute!! Well, you were successful, I would say you came home with some pretty great pics of Connor and his day at the Pumpkin Patch! You look incredible by the way :) xoxoxo
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