{"id":12648,"date":"2008-10-26T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T01:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/?p=12648"},"modified":"2011-08-02T02:14:02","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T06:14:02","slug":"pumpkin-patch-the-only-decent-thing-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/pumpkin-patch-the-only-decent-thing-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Patch: The only decent thing to do."},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXiFpnrjsI\/AAAAAAAABYQ\/DBps6AGFhkE\/s1600-h\/PP9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261860326351802050\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXiFpnrjsI\/AAAAAAAABYQ\/DBps6AGFhkE\/s400\/PP9.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 267px;\" \/><\/a> As all decent mothers<em> must<\/em> do in October, I took my babes to the Pumpkin Patch this weekend. It was hilarious!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXVr-7OhWI\/AAAAAAAABXg\/icZRZseL_cs\/s1600-h\/pp3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261846691254797666\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXVr-7OhWI\/AAAAAAAABXg\/icZRZseL_cs\/s400\/pp3.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; height: 267px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>While, Vienna found a pumpkin just her size quite quickly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXTw8pjZ_I\/AAAAAAAABXQ\/OwWgK2-TdC4\/s1600-h\/PP1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261844577519888370\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXTw8pjZ_I\/AAAAAAAABXQ\/OwWgK2-TdC4\/s400\/PP1.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; height: 267px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;\" \/><\/a> Ethan had to size up the pumpkins.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXVDgeGkXI\/AAAAAAAABXY\/tqh3bOwX7dI\/s1600-h\/PP2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261845995884810610\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXVDgeGkXI\/AAAAAAAABXY\/tqh3bOwX7dI\/s400\/PP2.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; height: 267px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">He tested quite a few for durability, which consisted of kicking and\/or tossing each pumpkin to Lee &amp; I&#8217;s horror. <a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXlUSW2C4I\/AAAAAAAABYY\/qpuC8mvrtT0\/s1600-h\/Untitled-24.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261863876340091778\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXlUSW2C4I\/AAAAAAAABYY\/qpuC8mvrtT0\/s400\/Untitled-24.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 267px;\" \/><\/a> <\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">But in the end, he found the best (aka biggest) pumpkin. <\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">This is him trying to pick up his favorite pumpkin. I wish you could have heard the extreme grunting. It was amusing.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXg7Wk-pFI\/AAAAAAAABYI\/tx1jS-U24NM\/s1600-h\/PP8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261859049929876562\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXg7Wk-pFI\/AAAAAAAABYI\/tx1jS-U24NM\/s400\/PP8.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; height: 267px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;\" \/><\/a> After the pumpkin &#8220;pickage,&#8221; we investigated the toddler&#8217;s hay maze&#8230;<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXgCrjAx7I\/AAAAAAAABX4\/TuvZhuHOXbQ\/s1600-h\/PP6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261858076306229170\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXgCrjAx7I\/AAAAAAAABX4\/TuvZhuHOXbQ\/s400\/PP6.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 267px;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXgl3QbYJI\/AAAAAAAABYA\/0zzIie2_OQQ\/s1600-h\/PP7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261858680744927378\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXgl3QbYJI\/AAAAAAAABYA\/0zzIie2_OQQ\/s400\/PP7.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 267px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>Vienna found it to be a full on party!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXWBlm9V2I\/AAAAAAAABXo\/HjgGe_E7P7U\/s1600-h\/PP4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261847062416021346\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXWBlm9V2I\/AAAAAAAABXo\/HjgGe_E7P7U\/s400\/PP4.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 267px;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXWoHQuufI\/AAAAAAAABXw\/Yd1g4JkGVYo\/s1600-h\/PP5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261847724284623346\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_OxFi9LaSt_o\/SQXWoHQuufI\/AAAAAAAABXw\/Yd1g4JkGVYo\/s400\/PP5.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 267px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>While Ethan preferred shaking the corn stalks.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As all decent mothers must do in October, I took my babes to the Pumpkin Patch this weekend. It was hilarious! While, Vienna found a pumpkin just her size quite quickly&#8230; Ethan had to size up the pumpkins. He tested quite a few for durability, which consisted of kicking and\/or tossing each pumpkin to Lee [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1018],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adoption-catharsis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loraleelewis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}