Hokey Mokers

One of the things my dad says is "Hokey Mokers." I think it's a variation of "Holy Smokes," but I'm not really even sure about that. Anyway, we did a "Fall Fun" outing and ended up teaching Brighton to say Hokey Mokers. You'll be able to see why.
This family farm we found up north has the least expensive Honey Crisp Apples around that we know of, and we lots of those. So, we were headed there for our apples, and then we were pleasantly surprised to find they also had really huge and really inexpensive pumpkins too. I considered and then tried rolling one, but it took my dad and Jon together to heave this one into the trunk. While we were there, a guy bought one that required a fork lift...for $25! For the use of the forklift alone I was thinking he deserved a $25 tip!

So this giant pumpkin will greet you if you visit us in the next month or so. We aren't going to carve it; I think that would take double-digit hours and tools we don't have. We are considering keeping and replanting the seeds though. Either way, I suspect we'll be saying "Hokey Mokers" about our pumpkins for years to come.