take a look at the little pumpkin head... and the jack-o-lantern too. fall is officially here. about a month ago, the san francisco weather suddenly changed and now has that crispness in the air that signals the new season. this weekend, for some reason, was an exception. it was close to 80 degrees with really bright, intense sun. it's crazy how the weather here changes in a snap. literally. this morning, i dressed gani in shorts and t-shirt for school. came home, ate lunch, and hopped into the shower. got out of the shower and it's foggy! what the...?
since fall has begun, gani's developed this obsession with everything pumpkin. on one outing, papa bought him a tiny pumpkin that started it all. gani was rummaging through our pantry and busted out this year-old pumpkin bread mix, demanding to bake it. he was SO EXCITED to bake it, but less excited to eat it. he kept saying, "iss-too-hot!", even the next morning when i tried to give it to him.
then this weekend we visited the pumpkin patch. we are horrible at remembering the camera, dammit! and it was so so adorable, i have to admit. gani saw a field of orange pumpkins and didn't know what to do with himself. so what did he do? he walks up to a batch of pumpkins and layed down on top of them. like he wanted to just swim in pumpkins. he couldn't get enough. then we went on a funny little hay ride. the pumpkin patch people wanted to make it disneyland-like, so they put these big stuffed animals here and there in the brush. so as we were riding, i'd be like, "look, gani! there's a tiger in the brush! and look! a tweety bird... in the bushes? and a pink panther in the tree? and a white gorilla... in the pretend cemetary." interesting. so gani picked out two big pumpkins and two little pumpkins to carve when we got home. auntie pam, thankfully took these pictures of gani after he and papa carved one of the little ones. then we put a candle in it, and gani wanted to sing, "happy birthday, pumpkin" and blow out the candle. i brought out the guitar and we sang about 10 rounds of happy birthday, pumpkin. i love fall!!!
note to melon: perci experienced the same itchy hands thing that you have with cantaloupe! only he gets itchy carving pumpkins!
