Punkin' Pickin'

OK, so I should have posted these pictures and videos a couple of weeks ago, or at least before Halloween, but I've been taking care of some other things around the house (like trying to catalog all 15,000+ pictures on our desktop and hard drive). Somehow, adding these pics and vids slipped through the cracks. In any event, these are from when Sofia and I went pumpkin picking a couple of weeks ago. For those of you who have never been pumpkin picking in south Jersey before, here is a synopsis of what you can look forward to:

- show up at the "farm" with your child and camera;

- pay $7 for the "hay ride" to the pumpkin field;
- wait in line for about 20 minutes for a tractor dragging a trailer with a trace of hay on the floor to pick you up; 

- get dropped off with dozens of other yuppies in the middle of a field about 200 yards from where you parked;

- spend the next 15-30 minutes selecting one or more pumpkins from the pre-cut, mostly bruised and overripe pumpkins that a "farmer" dumped in the field that morning;

- get back on the tractor for the return "hay ride" back to the "farm;"

- pay over $30 for said pumpkins;

- indulge child by buying $14 pumpkin pie;

- gain five pounds that week from eating said pie.

Next year, I think that we'll do our pumpkin picking at Wegmans; their selection is better, and their pumpkin cheesecake is out of this world. In any case, enjoy!

From Pumpkin Picking October 16, 2011

From Pumpkin Picking October 16, 2011

From Pumpkin Picking October 16, 2011

From Pumpkin Picking October 16, 2011

From Pumpkin Picking October 16, 2011