pumpkin train

Saturday morning Nana picked up Hannah for a playdate. They stopped by the farmer's market and our little bug went ga-ga over the pumpkins. Nana called from the market to tell me that Hannah called them balls and wanted to pick them all up and carry them around. She warned, "You'd better get your pumpkin patch trip in! Not much time left!"

Yes, Nana! Today (Sunday) we went out in search of pumpkins. Well, I call them pumpkins but Hannah says they are "ballzzz." I dressed her for some camera time and we headed for a local lady that sells pumpkins along the highway. Gotta get the camera out for the good shots before she's full of boogers and has dirty hands and knees. I've been thinking this stand on my way to work every day as her pumpkins are piled on an old wagon, and thought I might be able to arrange pumpkins in front of a wagon wheel for a few shots. Unfortunately, it was barely fifty degrees and too cold to take photos of my little bug without a jacket on for very long. I'll be posting my pumpkin patch photos on my photography blog as I work on them. Kevin bought a BIG pumpkin for Hannah and a widdle cool looking nubby pumpkin, and then we headed out to lunch at Cracker Barrel. Mmmm. Hannah can really put away the chicken, green beans, mac and cheese, cornbread, and apples.

After lunch we went to the New Haven and Little Erie Railroad just east of Fort Wayne. It is a privately owned small gauge railroad that hosts pumpkin train rides on the weekends in October.



This old building was the former train depot in Craigsville, Indiana.
They must have had the building moved. Very cool.
There is an old bench outside that is covered with
lichen and looks awesome behind my lens.



Here's Hannah waiting for the train in front of that bench I love.



When we got on the train, Hannah wanted to sit
in her own seat and didn't want us to hold her.
When did she decide that she was such a big girl?
She's sporting her new Stride Rite shoes. The physical therapist would approve.



Chugga chugga chugga chugga choo choo!
The train went around the track one and a half times,
and then stopped at a pumpkin patch.



Wow! Look at all of these big orange ballzzzz!
Notice how her eyebrows perk up when she's excited, and she drools. Heehee!



There was a maze mowed through the fields and woods.
We decided to take a little walk.



Aaaa! I found another big orange ball!
We ate a couple of apples while waiting for our return trip on the train. Once again, Hannah had to sit in her own seat. We loaded back up into the car, had some juice, and she drifted off to sleep... dreaming of pumpkins all the way home.