Baby Blogging: Visit To A Pumpkin Patch!

We love Autumn.

We love October.

We love doing Autumnal things in October and visiting a proper Pumpkin patch is one of those things. For Laura it's a bit of America in the UK. For me it's the novelty of wandering around a field comparing pumpkins and carrying them back in a wheelbarrow.

To be clear when I say a 'proper' pumpkin patch I mean one where the pumpkins are grown. Not just a shop with pumpkins in stacks or laid out in a field.

We found Cattows Farm on Instagram. It had everything we wanted:

• A large field with lots and lots of pumpkins
• It was dog friendly
• An easily accessible car park
• Things to see beside pumpkins
• Hay bales (are you really in the country unless you have sat on a hay bale?!)

It was actually way better than we had hoped. Driving up the grins spread across our faces. Those grins remained for almost the entire trip (we had a baby crying challenge at one point....more on that in a bit). We left happy as we got 5 pumpkins for less than £10. The sunset was spectacular and our camera was full of wonderful memories.

On arrival we collected a wheelbarrow, packed up the buggy and headed to the field. Our first plan was to get some pictures of Annabelle before she went for a nap. As we started setting up a picture we had forgotten how sharp pumpkin stalks could be so had a few initial 'ouch' moments. Anything for a pic - right?!

The cutest ghost and shark we've ever seen :)

We had all of 10 minutes before Annabelle decided sitting on the ground was not for her and the mini photoshoot was abandoned due to tears. I took her off for a feed while Laura and Kate (our best friend from Oz) continued to explore and select pumpkins. Bisbee was running free and having a great time.

The time time flew and before we realised we had been there an hour. With the sunsetting we made our final pumpkin choices and headed back to the shop. En route we stopped at the hay bale pyramid for some more pics.

As we were there on a Friday night it was fairly quiet and we had the opportunity to enjoy the place without too many people. We particularly enjoyed the photo opps they had set up!

The staff at the farm were super friendly and even though we had stayed passed closing they didn't rush us out. In fact they were happy to tell us how they decided to model the pumpkin patch on the 'American' way after a visit there. They were pleased to hear from Laura that it was very authentic.

If you are based in Birmingham it's a 45 minute drive as it is in Leicestershire. The Pumpkin Patch opens the 1st of October and is open 7 days a week. There is no entry fee you simply pay for your pumpkins by weight.

If picking pumpkins isn't your thing the farm has plenty going on including animals to visit and a lovely farm shop so it's worth a visit any time.

We will certainly be heading back!