Those of you who've visited us in October have probably been dragged to Schartner Farms' Pumpkin Express event, at the Schartner Farms stand/nursery, which has appealed to us primarily through the opportunity to eat saugies (RI hot dogs) and fresh red potato curly fries where it's a little too cold and windy. We have never actually taken the Pumpkin Express itself, a hay ride out around the farm to a "pumpkin patch" with entertainment. However, this year, we thought Soren might enjoy the express, so last Saturday we planned to try it out.
When we suggested to Soren that we would go someplace where we could ride in a trailer behind a tractor, he stopped short, his little toddler horizons infinitely expanded by the possibility. He turned to us and uttered a breathy, dreamy "Yeah!" indicating he wanted to go.
Soren was thrilled when we got to the farm, and we stood in line, and then a real tractor pulled up, with two hay trailers. He sat in the middle with Kirsten and I, and played with the hay, a baby truck he'd brought, and looked at the farm as we rode around.
When we got to the pumpkin patch, Soren tried out the toddler version of the corn maze, and had a great time.
Kirsten found a pumpkin and speculated about how much bigger she was going to get.
And Soren sold me some ice cream from a "booth".
Note who's holding Kirsten's pumpkin, and buying Soren's straw flavored ice cream. Sucker.
Oh, and we had lunch of saugies and fresh red potato curly fries. Yum. Might need to go back this weekend.
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