Pumpkin Patches--Half Moon Bay

We kicked off our pumpkin patch season in Half Moon Bay at 4 C's Pumpkin Patch with our buddies Caleb and Evan. We went on Columbus Day since the kids were out of school...along with every child in the Bay Area. HMB was packed! It's the pumpkin patch mecca of the West Coast and host about 15 patches....all just as busy as the next. We decided to eat lunch first in hopes that most would be cleared out by 1pm, nap time for most little ones. It worked and we had ample space to run off our energy.

Timo and Cameron could choose one activity to do and Cameron immediately picked the horse ride.  Timo ran off with Caleb and Evan to the bouncy house while we rode through the wild west!

We hit the pumpkin patch and started the task of picking out our pumpkin.  I used to not get pumpkins at the patches, waiting to get them at the local grocery store much cheaper, but this year I decided we would get one at the patch.  I figure these families put on these huge entertaining events for the kids and the pumpkins are really the only way they make money.  So I agrees to let the kids pick out one pumpkin per patch.  Timo was strong enough to carry this year's pick.

Trying to get a group picture with five kids proved to be an exercise in patients...no smiles on que, just silly, silly smiles.

Group hug!

One our way home, traffic was really backed up so we decided to kill a little more time in town at Farmer John's Pumpkin Patch.  The kids had seen the teepee from the road and wanted to check it out.  It was small but had lots of fun, free stuff to do.  Hay mountain, tractors, teepee, corn maze, huge sunflowers and plenty of wagons to pull around.

Two patches down, many, many more to go!