We took the kids to pick out pumpkins for Halloween. This year we discovered that Cook’s Greenhouse sells them, and they have a LARGE variety of sizes, colors, and types of pumpkins, squash and gourds. The kids got to pick their own pumpkins. Dinah kept trying to pick the largest pumpkin she could possibly carry. I think all of them picked and then changed their minds at least once. Once everyone had a pumpkin I looked at the ones they chose and said “So nobody picked a white one?” Instantly Dinah and Chloe decided that they had to have a white pumpkin. So they put back the orange pumpkins they picked and went to pick out white ones. Chloe chose hers first and Dinah was getting frustrated that she was last, and she wasn’t sure which one she wanted. So I pointed out some orange AND white pumpkins. It was something completely different, and so she went for one of those.
When we were done looking at the pumpkins we decided to take a walk through the rest of the greenhouses. There was a whole room full of pansies in so many different colors! The kids enjoyed seeing the different cactus varieties. The last greenhouse was FULL of what looked like poinsettia plants. I had no idea that they grew pumpkins or poinsettias! I guess it makes sense, since it is a greenhouse and they’ve got to do something to have business all year round, but I had never thought of it before.
In one of the greenhouses, Adam tried to jump up to grab a drip hose that was hanging from the top. We stopped him but one of the kids asked what it was he was trying to grab. I answered and said “One of the misters.” Then Kyle said “But where are the missus?” I turned around to look at him like that was a silly thing to say and so he kissed me and said “There she is!”