Pumpkin Smash 2014

Cody, Cordelia, and I braved the wind and went to Fairfax Disney yesterday for Cox Farms' annual Pumpkin Smash. It was pretty much as advertised:

And:

Not pictured: The pumpkin catapult. (Actually a trebuchet, but Cody won't appreciate that difference until he starts playing Dungeons & Dragons.)

Also not pictured: Cody went to a birthday party for one of his school friends which was Minecraft-themed. There was a big room set up with a dozen computers so the kids could all play Minecraft together. Cody was one of only two people who had no idea--at all--what was going on.

The party place had high-school aged techs there to help the kids out, and I watched as Cody pretty much monopolized this one kid asking question after question in an attempt to figure out what was going on. It went something like this:

Tech Kid: So you use the mouse . . .  

Cody: [blank stare] 

Tech Kid: You know, the cursor, on the screen . . . 

Cody: Uhhh . . . 

Tech Kid: And then you hit the Escape key. 

Cody: What's that?

Tech Kid: [Looks up at me, begging for help]  

JVL: We're Amish.