Burt's Pumpkin Farm 2021

Today we made the trip over to Burt's Pumpkin Farm, something we've been doing with Maddie since she was two years old.  Below you can see some of the pictures of our time together at the pumpkin farm.

Posing for at the hay bales photo area.  The weather today was ideal, and there wasn't too much of a crowd, given that it was a weekday and still in September.  Just wait until next month when things get super busy here.  This place gets packed!

We got some good shots of Maddie in the pumpkin patch.  She wore an outfit she picked out for today, and looked nice amongst the sea of pumpkins.

Nana was along, of course, and she actually enjoyed the nice trip out to see all the pumpkins.  

Here's a group shot of the four of us posing in one of those photo ops that Maddie used to be so addicted to.  She couldn't pass one of these up without sticking her head through to pose for a picture.  Today all four of us got behind one for a fun shot. 

Maddie and the sea of orange pumpkins.  These are the massive ones, and there were so many there, getting ready for the new season.  Soon, there will be so many coming up here from Atlanta and all over, and these pumpkins will all go to a new home.

As you can see here, we got a few pumpkins here, the first of the year.  I got the larger one there, and Maddie got a smaller one.  She's pushing around the wheelbarrow for a bit, and posed for this shot because it doesn't seem too long ago that we were posing Maddie herself in a wheelbarrow!

She was our little pumpkin!  I didn't think she's want to do that again this year, but she was happy to pose for several pictures around the pumpkins. 

You can see that there weren't that many crowds here today, the area behind Maddie largely empty.  It's good to get here early in the season for these sorts of shots.  Even Nana was posing for a picture or two.

Or at least sort of!  You have to be quick to get her picture some times!  We stayed here for about an hour or so - it was a nice little day trip, and we had to make it today because the weather was just right and because Maddie had off of school today.  We popped in the Dan Lundrum dulcimer music and the Steve Martin banjo music, and drove through the mountains a tiny bit to get there to the farm.

I'm glad we made the trip!  Maddie enjoyed it too, of course.  We've got some more pictures of her here below:

The tractor was there still.  How many times have we posed on this tractor?  Maddie had her "country girl" look all ready to go.

Meanwhile, Mom and Nana were marveling at all the pumpkins here, roaming through the smaller ones, the medium ones, and the super large ones too.  Here are several more pictures from today's trip:

Of course, I wasn't the only one taking pictures today.  Below you can see some of the snaps that Maddie took with her cellphone today at the farm.

It was a nice trip out.  We got back and rested for a small time, and then soon afterwards were off again, this time to taekwondo.  Maddie was practicing her form tonight extensively - a rather long segment that is as much mental as it is physical.  So much focus is required for that. But again, she loves it.

We got home and continued our October movie fest, in September of course.  But we've got so many of these movies, sort of like Christmas movies.  Anyway, tonight's feature was "The Addams Family," which is another classic.  I'm so glad we get to watch all these once a year, because this is another of my favorites.

After the movie, it was time to settle down for bed.  We were reading, and then after that, prayers.  It was a nice day today, the highlight of course being a great trip out to the pumpkin farm.