The Pumpkin Patch (& More)

Well, we made it.  To the pumpkin patch that is.  I hesitate to write more than just that statement, because really, I think that everyone got the memo. For real people, did you all have to show up at 5pm on Saturday?  
There's the issue of parking, then there is the issue of 'free doesn't really mean free', and finally, there's the issue of too many people.  Let's address each individually:

1. Parking-- Apparently, at this pumpkin patch, the motto must be, park where you want and hope you don't get a car ding.  There are really no 'spaces' per se, more like open grassy areas where you just wedge your car.
2. 'Free'-- did you know you can go to a Pumpkin Patch for free?  But, if you want to go on a hayride, play on a playground, or pet the animals, you must pay.  Don't get me wrong, it's not that big of a deal to do shell out a few bucks here and there, but it's more of the point of the matter.  Just a tad annoying.  So needless to say, we didn't do any of that-- not that I minded though-- it was a kid zoo there, so I had no problem avoiding all the germs and runny noses that were awaiting Bryce on that playground.
3. People-- too many.  Way too many.  Kinda felt like China.  Seriously.

We got a few 'free' pics:

This is about as good of a pic as we could get

This is Sean trying to get Bryce to smile.

This was the reward-- dinner at our favorite diner.

Working on eating his 'tree'.

And, in other news, we have a super sweet boy.  This was pretty funny the other day.  He was checking on Ryan for me.  Literally.  And Ryan just loved looking at her big brother.

This is what happened the other morning when I walked in.

Pretty sweet.