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| First trip to Goblin Gardens Pumpkin Patch, Sacramento |
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Alina driving the John Deere tractor, this would have made
her Great Grandpa Crothers so proud during his farming days |
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| Plenty of great selections in the pumpkin patch |
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| Fun day at Bastiao Farms, they especially loved the seesaw |
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| Little goblins at Goblin Gardens |
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| Alina by the Haunted Barn, the paintings here are great! |
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| Inside the haunted town of Goblin Gardens |
We took our first trip to a new pumpkin patch for mommy's birthday this year. We visited Goblin Gardens Pumpkin Patch at Bastiao Farms in Sacramento. This pumpkin patch is the perfect place to go if you only want to spend an hour or two on activities and get some great photo opportunities along the way. With mama being hugely pregnant (38 weeks) and pretty uncomfortable walking long distances, I enjoyed our trip here as the pumpkin patch is relatively small, but there were still plenty of activities to entertain the kids. The admission here is pricier than other pumpkin patches we've visited, but the kids had the best time here despite the sweltering 90+ degree Sacramento Valley weather...is it fall yet, seriously!?
Goblin Gardens Pumpkin Patch has a cool mini town area for the kids and they loved playing and exploring inside. Also, most of the buildings here are adorned with great paintings, which make for fantastic photos. They also have small hay and corn mazes, hay rides and a train ride through the corn field with costumed ghouls who jump out and surprise everyone on board. The hay pyramid here was one of the tallest we've seen yet. Dad, of course, helped the girls scale it...success! All in all, it was a fun/overly hot day. We went home with a few large pumpkins which will eventually be turned to jack-o-lanterns before Halloween. Mama had a fun birthday this year, though a part of me wished all my walking that day would have jump-started labor. I am over being pregnant and ready to meet our little man.
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| The fun kids town at Goblin Gardens Pumpkin Patch |
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| Alina exiting the saloon |
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| Everyone ready for a very fun hay ride |
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| Alina and Daddy, all smiles before the hay ride |
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| They scaled their tallest hay maze yet |
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| Smiles and waves from the top |
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| Goodbye Goblin Gardens pumpkin patch! |
