Tolmachoff Farms

Here in Arizona (possible in other parts of America too), going to a pumpkin patch is a big thing to do with small children just in time for Halloween. We go to pick out our very own pumpkin to take home and carve into a jack-o-lantern. If it is a great pumpkin patch, they will have many other fun things to do for the kids. This year we went with some friends to a near by family farm and had a blast....

5 of the 6 kids we took posing behind some vegetables.

RJ and Jacqy hanging out in a tractor tire.

There was a large wooden bin that was filled with dried corn. the kids thought it would be fun to bury Sara in the corn.

A water duck race. The kids had to pump the old style water pump to get the water to race the ducks.

They were able to grind their own corn to feed to the chicken and roosters.

There were tricycles to ride

And go-cart peddle cars to ride too.

A fun small corn maze to wonder through...we almost lost Sara.

Look how tall the corn was.

Some hay to sit on and pose with a large jack-o-lantern

A small petting zoo...Sara wasn't too sure about the pig. It was almost as big as she was.

The big pumpkin patch...Sara was determined to pick up that pumpkin, and she did it all my herself.

The smaller pumpkin patch and a smaller pumpkin.

RJ and his pumpkin

RJ is very proud of his big pumpkin. For those of you back in Japan...we will carve a face into the front of the pumpkin, take out all the seeds, wash them and roast them and eat them. Then the jack-o-lantern will go by our front door step a few days before Halloween with a candle inside as decoration for the neighborhood kids that go trick-or-treating.

Hope everyone has a great Halloween!