Autumn 2008

For the third straight year, Eric and I made our way to Wightmans Farm in Morristown. This year, we took with us our friends Nathaniel, Pei, and their son Alexander Preston.

The weather couldn't have been more perfect. The day included a hay ride, a pumpkin sling shot, pumpkin picking, and yummy snacks, including apple cider, apple pie, and donuts. And then a few more donuts.

The neat thing about Wightman's is their pumpkin sling shot. This is how it works: You place a baby pumpkin into the sling shot. Then, you try to shoot the pumpkin into one of the buckets off in the distance on a hill. Here's a picture of me getting ready to let go:


What makes the sling shot so special is that this was the third consecutive year that I managed to get the pumpkin into the bucket! The prize is a pumpkin, which we'll hopefully carve up this week.

Here are our friends Nathaniel, Pei, and Alexander Preston:


Here's Eric and me with Nathaniel and Pei's little Pumpkin:

Watch this space in October 2009 to see if I can make the pumpkin sling shot for a fourth time...