In interest of full disclosure, I will say that I was super disappointed about the pumpkin patch. More disappointed than I should have been, for sure. I was fatigued and frustrated from having a sick kid, so that made things seem worse than they were. Does it really affect my life that much that we didn't go to the pumpkin patch this year? Of course not. But I was over here feeling guilty and sad and sorry for myself that we had to break tradition and miss out on a fun time. I was beating myself up for not going earlier in the season, and letting mom guilt eat at me because the twins are four and all four year olds should go to the pumpkin patch. Brianna and Brenson went at four years old, so I must be a bad mom for not taking the twins. I can see how ridiculous it is now! And - the twins did get to visit a pumpkin patch with their class on a field trip - but that's a story for another post.
Of course, I never voiced these feelings to anyone but Chris. I didn't want Brenson to feel like it was his fault or that I was upset with him. I know that he certainly didn't want to be sick, so I was very careful to never say anything around the children. It was something I just had to work through, and thankfully, I was able to do that!
One thing that was adding to my disappointment with the situation is that I always love the Fall photos I get of the children and our family at the pumpkin patch. I decided that just because we couldn't go to the pumpkin patch didn't mean we couldn't get fun, Autumn photos.
Thankfully, I have a husband who is willing to humor me and go along with my silly ideas. I told him that I wanted to set up a little Fall backdrop in the backyard, and he helped me make that happen. Then, he helped me get all the children ready, and even willingly and nicely participated in the photos. He was speaking my love language 💓.
We set up the backdrop and took the photos on Saturday, October 26th. This was right in the middle of Brenson's bout with pneumonia, but he was having a good afternoon when we decided to do this (I really thought he was on the uphill, but he got much worse again the next day). These photos make me smile, and I am very happy with them considering the situation. Next year, though, we will have to plan several pumpkin patch visits to make up for missing out this year ;-).
Brecklyn
Brooke
Brenson
Brianna
This photo is so hilarious to me. We were trying to get things set up so I could take a photo of all four of the children together. Our yard is slightly sloped and our props kept rolling downhill. This kids found great humor in the situation, even though Daddy wasn't so amused, haha!
My sweet babies 💓
For a photo taken with a tripod and a timer, I think this one is pretty good!
Love my family!
I'm so thankful to have these non pumpkin patch photos, even though the situation wasn't my favorite. Sometimes, you just have to make lemonade out of lemons . . . er, or shall I say pumpkin pie out of pumpkins!
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