Belvedere Plantation

I love to go to the pumpkin patch with the family to pick pumpkins and relish in some true fall fun. It had been raining so much in Virginia that we hadn't had a chance to go. I was bound and determined that we would go to the patch no matter what and so we all went and we invited Rory to join in the fun.It was a gray day but it wasn't raining when we set out. The other great thing was that it wasn't hot and it wasn't cold. The fall colors on the way down were so amazingly beautiful.The thing I love about Belvedere is that there is so much to do once you pay a somewhat high fee to get in. They even had some new stuff this year. The first thing Jasmine wanted to do was bounce - what a shocker that was! Tio Rory joined in on the fun with his niece and she was happy to play with him.They then tackled the Pumpkin Mountain slide. Jasmine loved it and went a few times. Tio Rory only went once - it was too much for him to handle!We then decided it was time for some food. As we were standing in line to get some lunch, the skies opened and it started to downpour. This was a bit upsetting to me and to the other people around. We ran to a tent and proceeded to eat our food, get wet and get bothered by a ton of bees that decided to find shelter from the rain as well.
When the rain slowed a bit, we ran to the barn and Jasmine did a bit of swinging on the rope in the barn but tired of it quickly.By this time, the rain had stopped so she asked Tio Rory to take her to the racing bikes. He agreed and since Jasmine's legs weren't long enough to reach the pedals properly, he walked the whole track with her and pushed her. What an amazing uncle!It started to lightly rain so we decided to head out to the pumpkin patch to see if we could score some pumpkins.Once we got out to the patch we decided it was too risky for us all to get off the ride because we couldn't afford to get stuck while we waited for the tractor to come back and get us so Lorne got off with Jasmine and she quickly found her pumpkin.Not getting off the tractor proved to be the right choice because as we got back to the barn, the skies opened up again and the rains came down with a vengeance. Rory managed to borrow an umbrella and carry Ava to safety.