WORKING THE PUMPKIN PATCH

IT TURNS OUT WE DID HAVE A RECORD YEAR!! WE COULDN'T BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF PUMPKINS WE SOLD! WE HIRED A COUPLE OF GUYS TO WATCH THE BOUNCIES ON THE WEEKENDS, WHICH WAS A GREAT HELP TO US.

IT STAYED HOT!

 THERE WERE QUITE A FEW DAYS THAT IT WAS TOO HOT FOR THE KIDS TO BOUNCE. ONE AFTERNOON A MOM AND HER KIDS CAME IN, WE TOLD THEM  IT WAS JUST  TOO HOT TO BOUNCE. WE SUGGESTED THEY COME BACK IN THE EVENING. THE KIDS LEFT CRYING, BUT IN THE EVENING HERE THEY CAME BACK AND BROUGHT US THIS!! I GUESS WE ARE NOW  "PUMPKIN  PATCH PEOPLE."

 HOW SWEET! 

 THEY ENDED UP HAVING A GREAT TIME!

WE CELEBRATED MAGGIE'S 12TH BIRTHDAY ON OCTOBER 12.

SHE IS PRICELESS!!

I WAS WALKING AGAIN IN CENTRAL PARK.

WE GOT BUSIER AND BUSIER! IT TOOK DARRELL AND I BOTH RINGING THE CASH REGISTER TO TAKE CARE OF OUR CUSTOMERS.

 ONE DAY WE HAD A LINE THAT STRETCHED  FROM THE CASHIER BOOTH TO THE OTHER  END OF THE TENT AND  NO AVAILABLE WHEEL BARROWS OR WAGONS, SO OUR CUSTOMERS WERE HOLDING THOSE HEAVY PUMPKINS!
BENNETT'S KEPT BRINGING US PUMPKINS!

 WE SOLD $66,000 WORTH OF PUMPKINS, WE MORE THAN DOUBLED LAST YEAR'S BUSINESS!
 ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25,  WE SOLD 788 PUMPKINS AND HAD 241 BOUNCERS.

AS IT GOT CLOSER TO HALLOWEEN, THE KIDS WOULD COME IN ALL DRESSED UP!

WE HAD MINIONS!!

AND MAD SCIENTISTS!

FAMILIES!!!

THIS GUY WAS MY FAVORITE!

FOR THE FIRST TIME.....WELL BEHAVED DOGS WERE WELCOMED!

MAGGIE AND MARLEE SPENT SOME TIME IN THE TENT  WITH US.

 DARRELL AND I BOTH  CAUGHT  COLDS A FEW DAYS BEFORE WE CLOSED. WE WERE TIRED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME  REST AND RELAXATION. WE CLOSED AT 6:00  HALLOWEEN NIGHT  AND WENT OUT   TO EAT AT OLIVE  GARDEN.