The Newmans in Nebraska: Pumpkin Patch!

Today, EJ and I went to the Pumpkin Patch at Roca Berry Farms in Roca, Nebraska, a tiny town south of Lincoln. Our friends, Andrea and Erin joined us for the festivities. As you can see from the pictures there were many wonderful areas to play. They were all based on nursery rhymes or fairy tales.

Here's Erin and EJ behind the "Boo" sign. EJ would follow Erin and do what she did. She was a great friend to him today.

Here they are in Candy Land. They liked going inside the big cupcake.

The kids got a kick out of seeing the pigs. We weren't there for an actual pig race, but we did get to see the pigs eating lunch which made the kids plenty happy.

As you can imagine, one of EJ's favorites was the train. The trackless train circled the farm and brought great joy to all the little kids at the farm. We also went for a hayride through the pumpkin patch. We've had a lot of rain this week so the trailer got stuck in the mud a few times but luckily the tractor driver was able to work out of the situation so we didn't have to walk all the way back from the pumpkin patch.

Here's EJ going down the castle slide. They also had those blow-up castles that kids can jump in but they were too wet for the kids today.

More pumpkin fun.

Here's a happy EJ looking at the bunnies at the "Hopsville" Bunny Farm. There were six big bunnies and the farm had a golden retriever who had a lot of fun chasing them around (on the outside of the fence). EJ took a liking to the dog and even got him to lay down so he could rub his belly.

At the end of our time at the farm we let the kids pick out a pumpkin to take home. The farm also had pumpkin butter and kettle corn. EJ wanted the kettle corn so bad that he laid on the ground in front of the kettle corn popper fussing for some. While it could've been a big tantrum the lady was sweet to give him a little sample so I could get him to the car without a major meltdown. A big thanks to the kettle corn popping lady for that kindness!