Zoey's Field Trip

Before Julia and Jon left for their honeymoon I promised Zoey a field trip.  She did really well in the car when I brought her to my condo on Friday, so on Saturday I thought she was ready for a major outing.  It had been raining for days and we even had snow here last week, so since it was sunny and mid-50's I thought we'd do something Fall-ish and festive.  We went to the pumpkin patch!

Now Zoey and Auntie Trish didn't keep all the fun to ourselves.  Auntie Kristin came too!  Zoey was SO excited to see Kristin Saturday afternoon, and she loved sitting in Kristin's lap (all harnessed in for safety, of course!) all the way to the pumpkin patch.  When we got there we let her run between the rows of pumpkins, but she kept getting distracted by apples that had falled off the trees.  Apples are one of her favorite snacks (along with carrots and obviously doggie treats), but we hadn't thought about that little distraction!  She was incredibly patient with us as we paraded her around, made her pose for photos, and kept her from enjoying a tasty apple snack.  The kids in the patch loved her too, and she even let one little girl pet her.  It might have been because she was holding an apple, though...

Once we finished Zoey's photo shoot Kristin got Zoey an apple sample while I took some family photos for a woman who ohsodiscretely said, "I really want to get someone to take a family photo for us by those hay bales over there."  "Um...would you like me to take a family photo for you by those hay bales over there?"  So after I'd taken a Christmas-card-worthy family photo and narrowly escaped a dead camera battery our Fall adventure came to an end.

When we got back to the house Kristin and I watched a few episodes of How I Met Your Mother (including one of my favorite episodes--"Swarley") while the Zomonster sacked out on the couch and recovered from her exciting day.  Julia and Jon came home on Sunday so my Zoey duties are over for now.  Several times today I've caught myself looking around for her when it's too quiet.  I'm so glad that I got to watch her while they were gone.  It definitely fueled my I-Want-A-Puppy fire, but I know that now's not the right time, so in case you're wondering--no, I'm not getting a dog.  At least not quite yet...