Hi everyone! I was reading a magazine the other day and there was a quote from one of the Winnie the Pooh stories. In it, Piglet asked about the first thing that Pooh thought about each morning, to which Pooh replied “What's for breakfast?” He asked Piglet the same question and he replied “I wonder what's going to happen exciting today!” That’s exactly how my sweet pea seems to wake up each and every morning. It’s pretty infectious. And usually we do find something that is worthy of excitement. Sometimes it is a walk to the community gardens nearby where we find tomatoes, flowers, butterflies, peppers, squash, praying mantis, melons, a giant fig tree, and usually someone who is willing to share whatever it is that they are growing. Sometimes it’s a trip to the park to watch the kiddie baseball league. Sometimes it's class at Gymboree. Sometimes it is just a walk around to see what we can see- the city taking down a tree, a squirrel searching for nuts, or a friendly grandma type to give us much needed (yeah, right) attention. Well, today’s excitement was a trip to the pumpkin patch. I can’t believe that it was only a year ago that we took Rinat for the first time. He had no clue what was going on then. Well, this time, he absolutely got it. As we were eating breakfast, I was telling him where we were going to go and what we would see. He immediately told me he was all done with Bfast and “GO CAR!” as in NOW! When we finally did get him fed, clothed, packed up, and ready to go, he was standing at the door jumping up and down (sort of) saying “GO GO GO GO GO GO!” The longish drive didn’t bother him at all as he was busy making animal noises at the top of his lungs the whole time. And the patch definitely did not disappoint. There were pigs, cows, chickens, ducks, bunnies, and peacocks. There were multiple giant slides to go down. There was a rather scary hayride. There was music to dance to. And there were many many photo ops with the cutest child in the world. I know, I’m just a bit biased but tell me- you think he’s pretty adorable too don’t you? I know you do. Happy Fall and go pick out your pumpkins! -m
