A Day of Pumpkins

You might think the title of this post suggests that we went to a pumpkin patch yesterday, but we did not.  Instead, we headed to this Giant Pumpkin Festival in Elk Grove.   It was hot in the Sacramento area and the festival was busy, but we still had fun walking around the park, had a picnic, and The Redhead enjoyed grabbing a few freebies like Smarties, a leaf pinwheel, and a Frisbee, among other items.  She also painted a stick.  If that seems odd to you, well, it was fun for her.  And that's all that matters.

This zipline?  Oh so awesome.

By the way, that is not our kid.  I have no idea who that person is.

That child doesn't belong to me either.

And yes, we saw some pumpkins.  A lot of pumpkins.

And geese.

This park was quite pretty.

I loved this display.

And then I found out it was somehow part of a game.

They were Duck chucking.  Which sounds terribly brutally or just disgusting....

If you managed to throw your ducks (which were 3 for $5) into the pumpkin or the boat, you could win prizes.  Throwing it inside the pumpkin's mouth gets you a year supply of Chick Fila, which would be pointless for us, since we refuse to eat there.  They had some other decent prizes.  We didn't play though.

One of these days, I WILL make a tin can tin man with The Redhead.  At least I hope I will.

We watched a man carve beautiful things out of fruits and vegetables.  Even Cookie Monster wanted some.

The Redhead had no issue announcing these pumpkins were all fake.  But that little house was still adorable.

 Painting sticks is a serious business.

An art form, really.

We found these displays of scarecrows put together by various groups, children, adults, teenagers, etc.

Another model depicting water runoff.  But this time, they made The Redhead chant, "only rain in the drain!"

Pumpkin guts.

This sign had our attention.

They're boating in pumpkins!

WHEN CAN I WATCH THIS????!

Alas, somehow we missed it.  And we were there too!

Mister Man thinks we should come back next year.  I think we should too, but only if we get to watch the pumpkin boat races.