Something about Pumpkins

Why do people with small children decide that it's a good idea to drive into the country once a year to look at and choose various pumpkins, all the while snapping photos? It's a ritual that I never thought much about until this year. Are kids just that cute when photographed with an orange and green backdrop? Are we comparing their size and growth to that of pumpkins? I really don't know what the appeal is, but I feel it. That's all I know. It's fall? Gotta get to a pumpkin patch! Take some pictures! Weird. Last year, it was particularly strange since she wasn't walking yet. We would just plop her down next to a pumpkin and snap away! Even here it looks like she's wondering what is the big deal about this pumpkin?

Anyway, here are a few of my favorite pictures from this year's unexplained outing.

Here's Sophia keeping an eye on the McCoy chickens. She doesn't trust them.

She loved this tiny cabin, but for some reason she's into pretending she's sad. When you ask what's wrong, she says, "Nothing's wrong, Mommy" and laughs.

Just the cutest little face. Even cuter next to orange, right?

She tried her best to pull this wagon, but eventually she admitted that "it was too strong."

Here she's thinking, "I wonder if Mommy knows they sell pumpkins at Wal-Mart?