Saturday brought a drive down to Long Beach and a visit to Pa's Pumpkin Patch. We had specific orders from Babci to buy a big pumpkin for Ella since this will be her first Halloween.
The pumpkin patch was fantastic! There were of course a great abundance of the orange gourdes in every size imagineable. And there were a number of rides and exhibits for kids of all ages. Once we roamed the pumpkins and got an idea of what we wanted we went to the petting zoo. Ella had the most fun petting the goats and touching their horns. She also liked the ducks but they weren't very playful.
We also went for a little train ride. The first few times around went well, but then Ella either grew tired, motion sick, or bored and started letting me know (by whining) she had had enough. So I glared at the man operating the ride and he let us go around 2 more times and then let us off. I felt badly for the little boy who got to be the conductor -- he was grinning from ear to ear and ringing the bell like there was no tomorrow. Sorry kid.
We watched the pony rides for a few minutes and decided it was time to go. We picked out a mammoth pumpkin and were ready to go until we found out the really big pumpkins start at $50 bucks. What?!! So we opted for a really big regular sized one ($20), two small ones and a mini one.
After the pumpkin patch daddy and I were hungry so we stopped at In-n-Out Burger for a quick bite before getting back on the freeway. Such a delicious way to end a fun outing. 
Once we got back home we fixed a pumpkin display on the front porch as you can see Ella really seemed to be relishing all the holiday festivities.
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