A few weeks ago the boys and I spent the day at a pumpkin patch. The boys had a blast all day feeding goats, going down the long slides and riding on the zip lines over and over.
I may or may not have let the boys talk me into riding the zip line one time. I may or may not have smacked myself right into the landing pad at the end of the line.
Of course one of the highlights of the day was riding on the hay wagon out to the field to pick a pumpkin. All of the boys were determined to pick THE BIGGEST pumpkin. Asa’s pumpkin was SO big, he had to borrow a wagon to get it to our van.
Malachi (the cowboy) decided to snuggle with the pumpkin on the way to the van
and Elias decided that since Asa was offering…
his pumpkin could take a ride too.
Needless to say, the pumpkins they picked are too big to fit into my oven. So much for all of my great plans to bake them and turn them into pies and other great treats. I decided I’d have to keep my eyes out for a great pumpkin deal at the store.
Guess What?!?!?
Yesterday I was at Wal-mart and saw a few scraggly pumpkins in the produce section marked down to $.33 a pound. Cool. I grabbed one.
Guess What?!?!?
When the gal rang up my pumpkin…it came up to $.01. She asked someone what she did wrong and the manager said, “Oh no. That’s right. We’re just trying to get rid of them.”
So I said, “I’ll be right back.”
She waited for me while I went and grabbed three more pumpkins (the rest were a little squishy).
Check out my four-penny purchase!
Now I can make all the yummy fall pumpkin recipes I’ve been wanting to make!
And…I’m going to go look through Amy’s big list of Pumpkin Recipes to see which ones look good!
What are your favorite pumpkin recipes?
