Dzo and the Pumpkin Patch
I couldn't resist slinging my good camera over my shoulder as we headed out the door to go to the Pumpkin Patch in Longmont, Colorado. After all, this is my first grandchild's first visit to a bit of Americana.
Dzo (pronounced "Jo") has been living with his mom, my daughter, in Colorado since late July. He will be two mid-December. Born in Togo, West Africa, cold weather is a bit of a new thing to him.
I lifted Dzo onto a haystack amidst multicolored gourds and pumpkins.
![20151006-dzopumpkinpile.jpg 20151006-dzopumpkinpile.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-dzopumpkinpile.jpg)
A bit of longing in his eyes for his dad, my son-in-law, who is still in Africa?
![20151006-dzopumpkinsreaching.jpg 20151006-dzopumpkinsreaching.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-dzopumpkinsreaching.jpg)
And who is Dzo reaching for?
![20151006-smooch.jpg 20151006-smooch.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-smooch.jpg)
Ah, a smooch from Mom. "Look at all the fun we are going to have!"
![20151006-dzotam.jpg 20151006-dzotam.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-dzotam.jpg)
Wagons! Look at the pile of wagons! One of his favorite things.
![20151006-wagons.jpg 20151006-wagons.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-wagons.jpg)
And what do you do with an American Flyer wagon? Climb in, of course.
![20151006-wagons2.jpg 20151006-wagons2.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-wagons2.jpg)
He went by wagon to the petting zoo, but the pile of goats was a bit much for him.
![20151006-goats.jpg 20151006-goats.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-goats.jpg)
He put a pumpkin in the wagon (but I didn't get a photo). Then on to ringing a bell:
![20151006-ringingbell.jpg 20151006-ringingbell.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-ringingbell.jpg)
Mom and son have fun in the train.
![20151006-inthetrain.jpg 20151006-inthetrain.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-inthetrain.jpg)
![20151006-inthetrain2.jpg 20151006-inthetrain2.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-inthetrain2.jpg)
Dzo loves anything with wheels, like cars. So his mom puts him in a little car on a track. He plays happily with the steering wheel.
![20151006-inthecar.jpg 20151006-inthecar.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-inthecar.jpg)
But what's this? The car begins to move:
![20151006-inthecar2.jpg 20151006-inthecar2.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-inthecar2.jpg)
![20151006-inthecar3.jpg 20151006-inthecar3.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-inthecar3.jpg)
A bit disconcerted the first time around:
![20151006-inthecar4.jpg 20151006-inthecar4.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-inthecar4.jpg)
Last lap.
![20151006-inthecar5.jpg 20151006-inthecar5.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-inthecar5.jpg)
Guess that's not his favorite passtime. How about a nice stationary old farm truck to sit in?
![20151006-inthetruck.jpg 20151006-inthetruck.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-inthetruck.jpg)
Now that's one happy little boy! Time to leave the pumpkin patch, with plans to bring Daddy back in a couple weeks to show him the sights!
![20151006-happylittleboy.jpg 20151006-happylittleboy.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-happylittleboy.jpg)
Dzo (pronounced "Jo") has been living with his mom, my daughter, in Colorado since late July. He will be two mid-December. Born in Togo, West Africa, cold weather is a bit of a new thing to him.
I lifted Dzo onto a haystack amidst multicolored gourds and pumpkins.
![20151006-dzopumpkinpile.jpg 20151006-dzopumpkinpile.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-dzopumpkinpile.jpg)
A bit of longing in his eyes for his dad, my son-in-law, who is still in Africa?
![20151006-dzopumpkinsreaching.jpg 20151006-dzopumpkinsreaching.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-dzopumpkinsreaching.jpg)
And who is Dzo reaching for?
![20151006-smooch.jpg 20151006-smooch.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-smooch.jpg)
Ah, a smooch from Mom. "Look at all the fun we are going to have!"
![20151006-dzotam.jpg 20151006-dzotam.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-dzotam.jpg)
Wagons! Look at the pile of wagons! One of his favorite things.
![20151006-wagons.jpg 20151006-wagons.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-wagons.jpg)
And what do you do with an American Flyer wagon? Climb in, of course.
![20151006-wagons2.jpg 20151006-wagons2.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-wagons2.jpg)
He went by wagon to the petting zoo, but the pile of goats was a bit much for him.
![20151006-goats.jpg 20151006-goats.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-goats.jpg)
He put a pumpkin in the wagon (but I didn't get a photo). Then on to ringing a bell:
![20151006-ringingbell.jpg 20151006-ringingbell.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-ringingbell.jpg)
Mom and son have fun in the train.
![20151006-inthetrain.jpg 20151006-inthetrain.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-inthetrain.jpg)
![20151006-inthetrain2.jpg 20151006-inthetrain2.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-inthetrain2.jpg)
Dzo loves anything with wheels, like cars. So his mom puts him in a little car on a track. He plays happily with the steering wheel.
![20151006-inthecar.jpg 20151006-inthecar.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-inthecar.jpg)
But what's this? The car begins to move:
![20151006-inthecar2.jpg 20151006-inthecar2.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-inthecar2.jpg)
![20151006-inthecar3.jpg 20151006-inthecar3.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-inthecar3.jpg)
A bit disconcerted the first time around:
![20151006-inthecar4.jpg 20151006-inthecar4.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-inthecar4.jpg)
Last lap.
![20151006-inthecar5.jpg 20151006-inthecar5.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-inthecar5.jpg)
Guess that's not his favorite passtime. How about a nice stationary old farm truck to sit in?
![20151006-inthetruck.jpg 20151006-inthetruck.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-inthetruck.jpg)
Now that's one happy little boy! Time to leave the pumpkin patch, with plans to bring Daddy back in a couple weeks to show him the sights!
![20151006-happylittleboy.jpg 20151006-happylittleboy.jpg](http://www.pfeist.net/blog/media/1/thumbnail_20151006-happylittleboy.jpg)
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