London, Leanne and I went for a drive on Sunday afternoon to The Pumpkin Patch in Flower Mound. We were ready for a nice, leisurely stroll through the pumpkins and were hoping to have a bit of a chill to get us in the fall spirit. One would hope that the end of October would bring some cool weather, even in Texas, but nature had the last laugh. It was a nice, balmy 80 degrees with no breeze and no cloud cover. It was also incredibly crowded and noisy and you couldn’t turn in a complete circle without bumping into the person next to you. Nor could you walk more than three paces without stepping into someone’s photo op with their little boy or girl.The place was nice enough and was probably a blast for the smaller children. They had cut out figures littered throughout the farm depicting characters from Disney films, books and other movies and cartoons. There was a hay bale maze for the little kids and one for the not-so-little kids (though London said the passages were so narrow that even at his size it was too small) and they had various bounce houses and slides. London, being the maturing boy of eleven that he is, professed disdain for the “kiddie” stuff and was rather focused on picking out pumpkins and eating some food.
All in all we had an adequate time. Leanne got pumpkins, maize and various other centerpieces for her fall decorations and London discovered that all popcorn is not created equal (he’s like me and doesn’t really like kettle corn). Plus we got to spend some quality family time together. We probably won’t go back next year (it’s a bit of a drive and the cost of the pumpkins is about three times that of the ones available at the grocery store) but we might try the Frisco one. Pictures below:
