Pumpkins!

I know yesterday was Halloween, and there should be all kinds of "cute toddler in a costume" pics, but as I haven't even downloaded the camera yet, you'll just have to settle for Brennan's trip to the pumpkin patch. We took him out to Grandma's Pumpkin Patch in Healdsburg, which is a much mellower pumpkin patch scene relative to Half Moon Bay, plus it's super close to some of my favorite wineries.

I was hoping for a "little baby surrounded by giant pumpkins" sort of photo, not really factoring Brennan's actual activity level into my misty-eyed parenting fantasy. This is what we got instead -

AHHH! THE PUMPKINS ARE CHASING ME! WITH BIG POINTY TEETH! THEY'RE CHASING ME!
I thought we were coming to get a PUMPKIN. What is this s__t?

If elected, I promise to end the annual gutting & carving of your people...

OK, Ma, I finished the back 40, now can I come in for supper?

Anyway, it was a pretty day, there were no tantrums, we got a good pumpkin, and I was drinking wine at Preston within an hour. All of my birthdays should go this well...