Marathon and Pumpkin Patch

We had a very full day of fun. This morning we went into the city to cheer for cousin Mary Katherine and some friends of ours who were running the marathon and half marathon.

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After going home for lunch and a nap for all three of us, Allison came with us to a local farm. We had a coupon for one of the farms that does the whole fall thing, so we picked a pumpkin, did a corn maze, went for a hayride, and saw lots of farm animals.

Nicholas knew as soon as he walked into the pumpkin patch that he was supposed to find a pumpkin to pick up. Don't ask me how. The first one he tried was green, however. When he finally found a good orange one, he couldn't get it up and had to ask for help.

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Even more fun than trying to pick up pumpkins? Playing with the dirt on them.

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Nicholas loved this and kept going back. It was apparently hilarious to have a hole that was the size of his head.

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Do you think I can pick this up? About 3 seconds later he asked for help. So we all "helped" until we convinced him we weren't strong enough either.

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But by far Nicholas' favorite part was watching the farm animals. He was interested in them all, but the pigs and goats were his favorites. He just couldn't get enough of them. I think he spent close to 45 minutes watching them, running back and forth between them, trying to talk to them, etc. Sometimes he studied seriously, sometimes he laughed at them, but he never wanted to leave.

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