Every year, my husband and I take our kids to the Pumpkin Patch - to pick out a couple pumpkins, take some photos, and have some fun. It's our ritual, our little family tradition. It's usually a nice, relaxing, and inexpensive afternoon. Today, it was $34.00 - for two pumpkins and 2 tickets for the train ride. Seriously?
When did this become such an expensive undertaking? When did I become old enough to start saying, "Remember when it used to cost...blah blah blah?"
Despite the highway robbery disguised as pumpkin purchasing, the kids had a good time. My son had a great time; from petting and feeding the rabbits to sitting on a tractor, from running through the hay bale maze to riding on the train, the kid had a blast. Of course, he's two and easily entertained. My daughter had a good time, too, but I'm sure she's more excited about actually carving the pumpkins, which we'll probably do next Saturday. The fact that she's "old" now frightens me - she's too "old" to ride the train. When did my little girl get so big?
Overall, it was a good time and we've continued our family tradition. I don't recall any Halloween family traditions growing up - I'm not sure if that's due to my horrible memory or the fact that as a child of a single mom, we just didn't really "do" Halloween, save for, of course, my trick-or-treating. So, I do my best to keep the traditions alive. Hopefully, they will last for awhile. At what age will our kids not want to be around us?
