There’s a plethora of pumpkins up in here!
I finally (FINALLY!) had a free Saturday, so this morning my Mom and I bundled up against the 45° chill, grabbed a hot Starby’s to keep our paws warm, and headed down to the Farmers’ Market where there were pumpkins at every turn!
Little ones,
lumpy ones,
long handled ones,
and everything in between.
I found these flawless pumpkins for $3 each, and picked up two for Ben and me.
It was all fun and games ’til I hoifed the one with the crooked stem into the car when we were leaving, only to have it snap off, fall 4 feet to the ground and roll away down the parking ramp…NOOOO!
Miraculously it remained perfectly intact – just got a little trim off the top!!
“I thought we were going to have pumpkin mash on our hands for a second there!” my Mom exclaimed. Pumpkin mash. HAHAHA. I could not stop laughing at this. ;)
The only thing competing for pumpkin’s reign over the market, were the apples.
Any and all varieties, in crates and barrels by the dozens. I can’t wait to go apple picking sometime in the next couple of weeks! :D
The rest of the market was overflowing with a cornucopia of Fall produce, whose dazzling colors made me insanely giddy. I could not stop snapping photos!
#cantstopwontstop
This baby bulldog also kind of stole my heart. Right? Look at her pink collar! ;)
When all was said and done, I came home with the aforementioned pumpkins, some mini punkin’s (4/$1!), Eastern Iowa Honeycrisps and fresh apple cider.
Does it get any cuter than this?! ;)
Actually, it does.
After the market Finn came over to my parent’s house to spend the day!
He and Grandma had a blast playing together,
and since the Iowa Hawkeyes played this afternoon, we taught him how to shout, “Go Hawkeyes!!!”
Maybe you didn’t hear me?!
YOU! DID YA’ HEAR ME???
I said, GOOOO HAWKEYES!!! Besides being hystorable (hysterical + adorable) it must’ve worked. The Hawkeyes beat Louisiana, 45-17. Whee! :D
Well, the rest of the afternoon shall be filled with laundry and maybe a quick nap before heading over to a friend’s house for some girl time tonight. :)
Happy Saturday everyone!
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When it comes to carving pumpkins, do you go the traditional jack o’ lantern route, or get fancy with stencils and such?
You should try making pumpkin soup or risotto with some of those beautiful pumpkins!
That is our Baby Bulldog! Her name is Kirby and we are glad you like her. She had a great time at the Farmer’s Market as did we. She must be somewhat famous cause another person we mknow actually recognized her from this blog. :)
I get fancy! My two best pumpkins to date are a pumpkin version of Van Gogh’s Starry Night, and a replica of the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince cover art. Wishing I had better pictures of them to post somewhere, but they were soooo gorge! Each one took me like, six hours from start to finish.
45 degrees?! Holy coolness! I’m a little jealous! Lol. I’m loving all the pumpkin/apples/signs of fall out there.
ps. Your nephew is too cute!
I heard you better get pumpkins while you can (including canned!). There’s a pumpkin shortage again this year due to Hurricane Irene :(
Luckily our kids keep us carving. They have a pumpkin walk/maze at their school each year. My son is into doing crazy scary stuff so last year he did the cannibal jack-o-lantern – giant pumpkin with a couple of mini carved pumpkins in it’s mouth. :-) My daughter loves the cute stencil type. They always turn out SO good! The bummer is we have to wait until the very last minute to carve because here in Phoenix they go bad REALLY fast.
Last year I made some owls sitting on a tree branch.. stencils make me feel like it’s easier to make something right!
I am really jealous of the Iowa farmer’s market! It looks amazing every time!