I Suck At The Pumpkin Drop

last night, on our way home from salem after visiting my bff (kerry), karen and i heard a radio ad about an event that was happening in norwell. that event was known as the pumpkin drop. now, i suck at the pumpkin drop. i have never been to the pumpkin drop, but the premise was intriguing enough that karen and i decided to see what the pumpkin drop was all about.

as we were getting ready this morning, karen and i had a pleasant surprise from my father-in-law. karen's father stopped by after visiting our son (braden) in cemetery. my father-in-law routinely gets scratch tickets to try his luck. as the story goes, he told braden that the scratch ticket he had was going to scratch was for karen and i. as he scratched the ticket, he discovered that he won $200. my father-in-law then credited the winning to his "lucky angel". it was a very nice story... one that actually put a smile on my face when he told it.

anyway, shortly afterwards karen and i headed to see the pumpkin drop.

(the video below is of the pumpkin drop.)


there is a farm, called r and c farms, that has been doing this pumpkin drop annually for about then years. the premise of the pumpkin drop is that there are a handful of pumpkins that get filled up with candy. these pumpkins then get hoisted up (via a crane) and then at the given time, are sent plummeting to the ground. once the pumpkins splatter everywhere, the children at the farm rush in to grab all the candy.

the pumpkin drop... sounds much more thrilling than cow patty bingo... but that is just my opinion.

needless to say, karen and i didn't stay to actually see the pumpkin drop. we just didn't have enough time to stay. someday it'll be nice to attend and actually participate in the pumpkin drop.

instead, karen and i did our first corn maze... ever. it was fun. it took us a little over 14 minutes to find our way out of the maze. it was funny... every corn row seemed the same. but i think karen had fun doing it... which is good.