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A Very Long Search for a Pumpkin in a Pumpkin Patch

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A Very Long Search for a Pumpkin in a Pumpkin Patch
After the children in JDaniel’s preschool class had the parts of a pumpkin and the rules for holding a pumpkin  explained to them, the headed into the pumpkin patch to choose a pumpkin to take home.

The lady giving us the farm tour said to search for just the right pumpkin for you. When you found it, you were to stand by it with your hand up and someone would come across the pumpkin patch and cut it off the vine for you.

Searching the Pumpkin Patch

A Very Long Search for a Pumpkin in a Pumpkin Patch

Some of the children barely made it into the field when they found the pumpkin they wanted. The lady came over and snipped the vine and they hustled out of the field to wait for the others to pick theirs.
If they had known how long that wait would be, they might have might have stayed in the field a little longer. The early pumpkin pickers ended up having to wait quite awhile for the others to find theirs. Soon few more children found their pumpkins and some kept looking and looking. Just an average pumpkin wasn’t going go home with them.

More and more of the class picked their pumpkins, raised their hand, had their pumpkin’s stem cut, and headed out of the field. Still there was one little boy who had to keep looking.

Despite my questioning whether it was possible to have passed the ideal pumpkin, he keep looking and looking.

“Are you looking for a small pumpkin or a large one?” I asked. He simply shrugged his shoulders and kept looking.

 

A Very Long Search for a Pumpkin in a Pumpkin Patch

There was so much thought going into a decision that seemed to take others no time to make.  He wanted it to be just right. I started to wonder if he would ever find one.  We had driven ourselves to the farm. We could stay just a little bit longer than the class if we needed to.
Finally after everyone in his class had found their pumpkin his hand shot into the air. The guide quickly came over to cut the stem of this much searched for pumpkin. JDaniel was thrilled with it. Finding just what he had wanted to really made his day.

What did the perfect pumpkin look like?  It is orange with green spots on it. It is on the large size of small pumpkins and it is really heavy. It was too heavy for a now tired from searching little boy to carry any further than the hay wagon we had to taken to the field on.

A Very Long Search for a Pumpkin in a Pumpkin Patch

Just as it is with other things we search for life. Finding just the right thing can take awhile. When you find it, it can make your whole day!
This post is part of a blogging link up called Outside Play: Pumpkins and Leaves. If you have a post on this theme I would love for you to link it up below.
This link up is being co-hosted  by Enchanted Homeschooling Mom, One Stop Mom Talk,    Home Learning Journey,  Train Up a Child,  Kitchen Counter Chronicles, The Usual Mayhem, Here Come the Girls.

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  1. That is just so beautiful…a great activity for the class but i so love how he took his time finding the perfect pumpkin….gorgeous!

  2. What a cutie! He has determination and he knows what he wants. That is a great quality in a person! You should be super proud of him.

  3. That is just so sweet that he put so much effort and thought into his choice. What a cute little guy!

  6. How sweet! Can’t wait to take the kiddos this year.. one of my favorite things to do in the fall.

    Jen

  7. Such a cutie looking for the perfect pumpkin! We already bought six pumpkins-3 huge ones for carving, and 3 small ones for decorating, but we haven’t done it yet. I don’t want rotting pumpkins sitting around until Halloween 😀

  8. WHAT A NICE DAY – WE WILL BE GOING TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH TOMORROW FOR A HOMESCHOOL FIELD TRIP – I WILL COME BACK AND LINK UP!

  12. It’s hard to get just that right one!!

    I like the one he did get with the green specks in it.

  22. It’s funny how some kids just want to be one of the first and be done with it and others just take their time reaching a decision. I think that’s good. He probably won’t make any impulse decisions when he’s older.

  25. My Ash always takes a long time to pick her pumpkin. Somehow she always ends up with more than one too. 😉

  26. It’s very important to find just the right pumpkin! I’m going with my daughter and grandson on his class field trip to the pumpkin patch tomorrow. So fun!

  29. What a delightful post and that little boy knew what he needed ~ ( A Creative Harbor)

    thanks for coming by and commenting ^_^

  32. What a wonderful post of that beautiful boy of yours. He is just as I thought, taking his time and looking for the most perfect pumpkin.

  36. having little children in our lives gives us the opportunity to experience a little bit of childhhood again.

    seeing your little guy in the pumpkin patch made be remember my two kids’ times picking the perfect pumpkins!

    thanks for evoking a very sweet memory.

  38. I love that there are rules for holding pumpkins. Soooo cute. I remember my kids being picky about their pumpkins too.

  42. We went pumpkin picking with our boys for the first time this year and they took so much care in selecting just the right pumpkin. I loved how they searched and searched until the found the one that was just right for them. Kids always know.

  44. That’s nice for the kids ! Last year I saw kids doing the same here in a pumpkin field, but this year there are only very few due to the strange weather we had this “summer”. I will have the visit of my two year old grandson today, I don’t see him so often only through Skype, but then I play with him. What a great invention !

  45. Silly mommy, you can’t rush finding the perfect pumpkin. Of course it is going to be the very last pumpkin in the whole field.

  46. Awww so sweet! I love that he took his time and found the pumpkin that was perfect for him. I love watching little ones pick out pumpkins. My daughter took quite a while picking out hers this year too!

  48. Oh. Sweet, sweet, sweet.

    We should never, ever, ever rush finding our perfect pumpkin!

    I absolutely loVed this post!

    With a capital V.

    A++++

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