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Smile, pumpkin, it’s a great day for picking

By , Columbian Editor
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Olivia Gailinas, 8 months old, poses with her mother, Amanda, during her first trip to the Pomeroy Farm pumpkin patch on Sunday.
Olivia Gailinas, 8 months old, poses with her mother, Amanda, during her first trip to the Pomeroy Farm pumpkin patch on Sunday. Her father, David Gailinas, snapped dozens of photos. Photo Gallery

Picking a patch

Pomeroy Farm

20902 N.E. Lucia Falls Road, Yacolt. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, 11 to 4 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 26. Admission: $6, $4 for children, free for ages 2 and younger. Pumpkins are available for additional fee.

Other local pumpkin patches

http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/oct/10/pumpkin-patches-clark-county

YACOLT — In the middle of the pumpkin patch, the white soles of Olivia Paige Gailinas’ pink Keds were almost spotless.

How could this be? Every other kid was running around the patch trying to find the perfect orange orb, heedless of the mud.

Picking a patch

&#8226; Pomeroy Farm

20902 N.E. Lucia Falls Road, Yacolt. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, 11 to 4 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 26. Admission: $6, $4 for children, free for ages 2 and younger. Pumpkins are available for additional fee.

&#8226; Other local pumpkin patches

<a href="http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/oct/10/pumpkin-patches-clark-county">http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/oct/10/pumpkin-patches-clark-county</a>

Olivia’s father, David Gailinas, was quick to provide the explanation: Only 8 months old, Olivia isn’t walking yet. And Sunday was the first day that Olivia, born at 2:16 a.m. on Feb. 16, had ever worn shoes.

So this year’s family visit to the picturesque Pomeroy Farm pumpkin patch was mostly a photo op. Olivia, dressed in pink pants and a blue Polo sweater, posed for dozens of Dad’s pictures as her mother, Amanda Gailinas, introduced her to one of Halloween’s hallowed traditions.

“She can stand pretty well holding onto the couch,” he said. Perhaps, if there is a tall enough pumpkin, they would take it home so he can get a photo of Olivia standing and holding onto it … after she has her nap.

But napping was the last thing on most children’s minds as they enjoyed their outing to the historic farm, on the way to Lucia Falls.

“Man, it turned out to be a beautiful day,” observed Angela Knapp, who brought her daughter, Charlotte, 4, to the pumpkin patch.

Sisters Sera, 13, and Kaitlyn, 8, Cazares came to the pumpkin patch with their mother and grandparents. Kaitlyn admitted she enjoys trying to find the biggest pumpkin in the patch while her big sister likes “just walking around.”

The pumpkins they picked will be turned into jack-o’-lanterns between now and the big day. The Battle Ground girls already have their costumes decided, too. Sophisticated Sera plans to be Audrey Hepburn, while creepy Kaityn will dress as a really scary doll.

In addition to the pumpkins, there was plenty of other fun to be had. There’s a hay ride along a charming path filled with more than 80 pumpkin people, a hay bale maze for the shorter crowd, and many old-fashioned games. And the weekend featured re-enactors with a Civil War encampment, where eager children tried their hands at bygone chores such as using a washboard, churning butter, and — every kid’s favorite — using a real bayonet to hone their skills on a gunnysack full of rebel straw.

With that much to do, it’s unlikely Olivia Gailinas’ shoes will be clean at this time next year.

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