Oh Monday.

Just when I got over you, you came back into my life. It’s like you never go away.

Luckily, it’s another 4-day work week for me. (I swear, I work. But I’m also making it a point to take ALL my PTO days this year). I’m flying down to Southern California this weekend for Randy and Lara’s wedding celebration! I can’t wait. 4 days to power through and then it’s fun fun FUN!

Speaking of fun, this weekend we had LOTS of it.

Friday:

Veronica’s surprise birthday dinner that I almost ruined!

Luckily for me, I wasn’t un-invited for my slip-up.

We went to Orchard City Kitchen in Campbell. I’ve been wanting to try it out for a while now. The food was really, really good, but I gotta be honest…

  

…I loved it more for the crazy straws they put in their drinks.

After dinner, we drove to Salinas and were greeted with this:

We all gathered on the couch. Me + Friday night + a few drinks + a comfortable couch = immediate slumber.

Saturday:

We woke up, got caffeinated (duh), and drove out to Carmel for some Pumpkin Patch fun!

Earthbound Farm had a fun Halloween event with pumpkin stacking, pumpkin pickin’, pumpkin sampling. All the pumpkin things.

Veer loved filling up our wagon with little pumpkins he wanted to take home with him. I think he actually wanted to take home some larger ones, but the little ones were all he could carry.

He had fun playing in the tee-pee made of corn husks. Especially because he could peek out the teeny holes and spy on all the fun things that were going on outside.

 

We sampled some roasted pumpkin and were surprised that the yummiest one was the green, bumpy, ugly looking one. I guess it’s what’s on the inside that counts. Or something like that.

I think Veer and I had the most fun in the corn sandbox. It took all of my willpower to abstain from laying in that box all afternoon. So much sensory happiness.

After we walked around the garden in the back and went through the maze/labyrinth, we paid for our pumpkins, got a quick snack, and then were on our merry way.

  

Before we left the area and drove back to Salinas, we went to Dametra for lunch.

It was a Chipotle-esque place. But for Mediterranean food. Delicious.

When we got home, Bhaiya set up our pumpkin carving station.

We’re professionals over here.

We opted for a stencil that would be easy to carve. Bhaiya chose a Minion to carve and Bhabhi chose an Olaf to paint.

And Veer and I really enjoyed scooping the pumpkin guts out. Again, so much sensory happiness.

Maybe Halloween isn’t the WORST holiday in the world…

Thank you Bajaj Juniors for such a special, relaxing, and pumpkin-filled weekend.

Now it’s off to get ready for work.

Happy Monday!

Question of the Day:

• Do you carve your pumpkin, paint your pumpkin, or eat your pumpkin?