I loved last year's photo at the pumpkin patch so much that it is still on display in my office. I've been thinking I should replace it with a more current photo, and what better than another trip to the pumpkin patch? Mia and Jeff were wearing red shirts, so I put my red shirt on before we left, thinking we'd get a lovely family photo as well. What a difference a year makes. Last year, Mia wasn't walking yet, so we could sit her down in the pumpkin patch and snap, snap, snap until we got just the photo we were looking for. This year she was running around non-stop. They have lots of toddler-sized pumpkins at this particular pumpkin patch. Mia spied a wheelbarrow nearby and proceeded to pick up tiny pumpkins one by one and load them in the wheelbarrow. It was somewhat cute until the pre-teen boy working there got the idea that we were going to buy them all. We unloaded the wheelbarrow, put the baby pumpkins back in their places, and moved on to another part of the pumpkin patch where the pumpkins were too large for Mia to carry. I thought it would make a better photo, anyway. Except Mia doesn't pose for photos. (I've probably already told you that a hundred times, but what is 101 among friends?) As usual, it was impossible getting her to stay in one place long enough to focus the camera, and when she did, she wouldn't look up. Eventually we gave up, bought one of the overpriced baby pumpkins as payment for the photo op, and headed back to the van. While Jeff strapped Mia in her car seat, I reviewed my photos. If photos are meant to capture memories, this one is destined to be my favorite. (But stay tuned for more scenes from the pumpkin patch.)
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