Earlier in October, we made a family trip out to The Pumpkin Patch on Sauvie Island (about 45 min North of us). Brady and I first went out to a farm on Sauvie Island earlier this summer for our first berry picking experience. It’s a cool Island just North Downtown Portland. The island is full of beautiful farms with various mountains and hills in the background. There’s not even a gas station on the island.

It was FULL sun that morning. I was hoping for a little morning fog or cloud cover, but we got blue bird skies and embraced it. We went to the smaller/closer pumpkin patch and Brady selected the perfect “Brady-sized” pumpkin. Then, we took a little hay ride around the farm for a quick tour. Brady couldn’t get on the tractor/hay ride fast enough! Then, he climbed up a huge hay stack and played chase with us in a hay maze. We closed out our time at The Pumpkin Patch by visiting the animals in the barn. Brady still was unsure about the animals…even though we love talking about animals – seeing them in person is still scary (mostly the animals that are bigger than him). He pet the rabbit!!! There was a funny looking rooster, and an awesome alpaca that stuck his tongue out JUST as I was snapping the picture! Before heading back home, we picked out a few larger pumpkins at the farm store and ate a picnic lunch.

I’m grateful for so many nearby options of farms and cool things like this that are in their natural environment. Don’t get me wrong, the huge pumpkin patch they ship in and design at the Dallas Arboretum is beautiful, but there’s something so special about teaching Brady how pumpkins grows and picking it off the real vine at a farm surrounded by beautiful scenery. What a blessing!

 

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