It's that time again

With this being Diadora's first Halloween, we had to keep with tradition and stick her in a pumpkin! Daniel thinks I am crazy and mean. I think it's cute, when they cooperate. Since we are heading out of town this weekend and won't be back until right before Halloween we had to hurry and do it this week. Yesterday was a decent day (except for crazy wind!) so we ventured out to the nearby pumpkin patch.

Of course we got there a little later than we wanted to (our car battery decided to die so it had to be replaced!), the lighting was bad and the place was closing for the night. Dia was not a fan of the wind and I did actually feel bad for making her do this.

When we got there we only had about 10 minutes to take pictures and let the kids pick out their pumpkins. This was by far the lamest pumpkin patch trip we've ever done. No looking around, no corn maze or sling shot. We got in and got out. Oh well, next year.

 

So right when we got there I told Daniel just to put the pumpkin down close to where we parked so I could get started. The sun was shining right on her and she was not happy.

I got a couple decent ones...

then she started screaming. Sigh. I thought it was a failed mission!

We decided to let the kids get their pumpkins while I tried to calm Dia down.

Maybe she was mad because her hat was always in her face?

While Daniel was paying I tried to get a couple more shots of her. She lasted for about 30 seconds sitting on the ground. This was not going well for me!

After we got the kids back in the car, I convinced Daniel to get our huge pumpkin back out and try one more time. I don't know if we got her in there in a better position or the sun moved and wasn't bothering her anymore but I finally got some pictures! She must have liked how it tasted because she started sucking on it and we couldn't get her to stop and lift her head up! We even got her to smile for a brief second!

 

Since we were short on time I didn't get the chance to move around to different locations. When we did this with Addie it seemed like she cooperated better and we were able to get a lot more. But considering the circumstances, I'll take what I got!

 

Here are a few more:

And all 3: