we were excited for our second visit to the annual fall harvest festival at underwood farms. while it was decidedly not fall weather, it was also not as blazing hot as last year and was, in fact, quite a pretty day that we enjoyed with nana, auntie c and the dietricks. the tractor parade comes but once a year, and we booked our tickets accordingly.
we didn't get a picture, but there was an amazing woman in her 80s driving one of these babies. violet was inspired.
we went on the tractor-pulled hayride, and it was great to see the full landscape of the farm. violet and her friend jack didn't really agree, but we ran interference with a cheese snack. if anyone wants my advice for outings with a toddler, edict #1 is bring cheese. of course, it's always helpful to have nana too. look at how much munch adores her.
her spirits bolstered, violet became especially fond of pointing out all the black plastic tarps covering certain crops and exclaiming, "lake!" she's also really into labeling things as "dada" "mama" and "baby" based on their size, so the biggest scarecrow is a "dada scarecrow" and the littlest a "baby scarecrow." if there aren't (as there usually aren't) three of whatever thing in sight, she'll ask with true bewilderment, "where's mama scarecrow?" she's satisfied by most any explanation: the mama is at the store, at home, at work. the only time she's looked at me suspiciously is when i've said the mama was taking a nap. "NO! she is NOT!" indeed.
a few more pics from a fun day (and thanks to lisa for her contributions, and also for the adorable comparison photos from last year):
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