Desmond chose yet again to spend his fourth birthday out of school on a special adventure with just mom and dad to… the pumpkin patch. While waiting for the tractor to depart, Des surveys the map
Cold and muddy, he’s undeterred on his quest for the perfect pumpkin
The kind lady taking tickets at the gate, upon learning it was his birthday, offered Des a special birthday button. It took nearly 10 minutes for her to return with it, but clearly worth it.
Proud of his haul
While dad runs the pumpkins to the car, Des hops on another tractor ride
The now annual windmill photo, Des is notably more comfortable walking on grated surfaces 🙂
He was a bit trigger happy, though some apples made contact with the steel pumpkin and black cat silhouettes
While last year’s climb to the top was immediately followed by walking down the stairs, this time Des was all about the Big Slide
The yellow barn was the same loud, pneumatic chaos of foam ball fury
Desmond was endlessly tickled by the horse with what appeared to be dog-like patience and interest in pellet treats. The swing-arm feeding tray that he could control likely also played a role in his ear-to-grin and giggle fits.
Gotta feed the goats…
…but there’s no one like his #1 pal
Able to peddle his own way around the trike track with dad needing to push. It was a lot of fun until he didn’t understand that one must yield to pedestrians loading/unloading at the beginning :/
Refueling with some sandwiches and a pickle
The equivalent “fun” of paddle boats, Des enjoys the ride as mom and dad peddle (with their knees to the chest) what can be best described as a manual dune buggy. Mom takes the wheel as dad engages in vehicular photo shenanigans
Practicing his mastery of the force in the corn pit
Much more confident as a four year old, Des really enjoyed the bounce pads
Duck racing, as you do
Snack break for some apple cobbler and ice cream
It’s not a John Deere, but it’ll do
Mom and dad weren’t sure how this was going to go…
There’s sometimes a fine line between thrill and terror, but Des clearly landed on exhilarating!
To be fair, no one in Team Llama got over a condescending “bumpkin”
About sums up the day-
Opening family presents
Des first Hot Wheels track!
His own music station, for mixing his noise-scapes on a whole new level
Yeah, that’s fun
Continuing the tradition of birthday cupcakes
After half a cupcake, Ella get’s pretty wild
