Pumpkin Picking

One of the great things about having a Nana and Papa with a small farm is that we get to have small personal experiences.  This year there was a pumpkin patch planted and each time we visited the kids watched as the pumpkins grew and grew.  Nana had stakes that she used to show the kids how much the plants had grown in the time since the last visit.  It was a really great experience for them to see how much a plant can grow from time to time.
Last week was picking time!  We brought alone some good friends to share in the adventure and we went out and picked most of the pumpkins.  Everyone was able to carry a few of their own special ones up to the pumpkin display that Nana created at the front of the house to honour the fall season.  Everyone took home one pumpkin and at the end of the season we will go back and get the rest.
The two little pumpkins didn't last long here.  That same night I had them cut up and roasting in the oven.  The next day Sam came home form school to Pumpkin Muffins and this past weekend we made Pumpkin Cheese Cake bars for a family birthday party.  With all the pumpkins in Nana's Patch I can only guess the things that we will be making with all that Pumpkin Puree.