The "Fake" Farm

I love it when the weather turns cooler and we are able to enjoy all things "Fall".  Leaves turning many varieties of colors, pumpkins and mums, ghosts and goblins, gradually graduating to turkeys and cranberries.....it is certainly one of my favorite times of the year.   So, keeping with our family tradition of pumpkin picking, we decided to enjoy the beautiful 65 degree weather on Sunday and headed to Johnson's Farm (the epitome of farm commercialization and a gold mine) where we could enjoy a pumpkin picking hayride, a huge barn yard petting zoo, discovery barnyard playground, and of course the wonderful and delicious fall produce that the farm boasts.  Yes sirree, that was our plan.  So into the car we got with Babci and Dziadzi and headed to the farm.  As we approached, we saw a long line of cars at a soccer tournament at a nearby school, or so we thought.  As we got closer to the farm, we realized that all of the cars were actually not for the tournament but, yes you guessed it, for the farm.  I guess everyone had the same idea that we did.  Parking looked to be insane, with a full lot and two additional fields filled with cars.  So......we kept right on driving.  Right on over to Springdale farms (the farm I jokingly referred to as the "Fake" farm).  Springdale farm, is a much smaller farm, boasting a chicken coupe, rabbit cage, halloween cut outs and a farm market.  I was thrilled to learn that Springdale farm also had a hayride for pumpkin picking.  It ended up being perfect, not croweded, lots of hay in the wagon, a shorter hayride for our little hay thrower, and a big tractor that Jackson was even allowed to sit on.  We ended up having a blast (even though daddy was tired of mommy taking pictures and refused to smile...at first.....)

Hooray for cuties who pose with pumpkins!