It's pumpkin time again!
Ella Griddin, 14 months, of Buffalo Grove gets lost in the pumpkins at Didier farms.
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Teegan Walsh, 3 of Chicago, gets a ride with her pumpkin during a trip to Sonny Acre Farm in West Chicago.
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Nathan Sundberg expresses his dismay after picking up his too-heavy pumpkin by the stem at Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch in Hampshire.
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Ella Biag, 8 months of Oak Park, peers out from the pumpkins at Sonny Acre Farm in West Chicago.
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Passing hay ride tractors greet each other to and from the Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch in Hampshire.
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Nicholas Fedor, 3, of Sugar Grove sits on a pumpkin while lowering his to the ground at Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch in Hampshire.
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Logan Miller, 13 months, of Elgin, wobbles his way through pumpkins ready for picking out at Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch in Hampshire. This is Logan's second time at the patch, having come last year when he was just a few months old.
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Tessa Gemp, 15 months, of Willmette in her pumpkins costume picking out pumpkins at Didier farms.
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Alisha Hadden of Mt. Prospect poses with son Joey, 11 months among the pumpkins at Sonny Acre Farm in West Chicago.
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There are several kinds of pumpkins at Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch in Hampshire aside from the old-fashioned orange ones.
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Brothers Matt, 6, left and Zach Marsico, 4, of Wheaton hop off the train to pick pumpkins during the Fox River Trolley Museum's pumpkin trolley ride in South Elgin Sunday.
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Jennifer Hair of Chicago and Doug McEneaney, of Boston get pumpkins and hay at Didier farms.
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Ryosuke Veyama, 3, of Buffalo Grove takes a taste while picking out pumpkins at Didier farms.
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Allison Fedor, 11, of Sugar Grove beams while checking out the pumkpkin she picked out at Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch in Hampshire. She describes coming the patch as, "AWESOME!!" Grace Marks, 4, of Aurora looks for hers. The children and a handful of others make the annual trip to the patch with Bev Becker of Bev's Daycare out of Aurora. She has been bringing kids for 15 years for a field trip.
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Brielle Rodchester, 2, left, and Gabriella Nerger, 4, both of Vernon Hills pose for pictures with a giant pumpkin at Didier farms.
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Nathan Sundberg, 7, of Oswego and Sidney Fedor, 9, of Sugar Grove struggle with their heavy pumpkins at Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch in Hampshire.
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Nathan Kusiolek, 3, of Lake in the Hills, has a hard time deciding which pumpkin pick out at Goebbert's Pumpkin Patch in Hampshire.
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