One-year-old Evan Maddox of Yorkville seems befuddled by the amount of pumpkins in the field at Heap's Giant Pumpkin Farm in Minooka. Even after harvesting for both wholesale and retail sales, thousands of pumpkins remain in the field waiting to be picked. | Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media

Aubrey Szymanski, 4, finds herself on the ground after tripping on a pumpkin in a pumpkin patch Friday at Goebberts Pumpkin Farm in Pingree Grove. October 12, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Julian Soto, 13 months, feeds an alpaca and a dromedary camel Friday at Goebberts Pumpkin Farm in Pingree Grove. October 12, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Children run across hay bales Friday at Goebberts Pumpkin Farm in Pingree Grove. October 12, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

A group of moms with their children venture out to the pumpkin patch Friday at Goebberts Pumpkin Farm in Pingree Grove. October 12, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Rueben Regev, 1, (center) experiences picking pumpkins in a pumpkin patch with his motehr Shannon Andrews (left) of Dekalb Friday at Goebberts Pumpkin Farm in Pingree Grove. October 12, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Aubrey Szymanski, 4, let's her mother know she's got the right pumpkin Friday at Goebberts Pumpkin Farm in Pingree Grove. October 12, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media

Four-year-old Naila Nunez of Elgin runs through a group of pumpkins Friday at Goebberts Pumpkin Farm in Pingree Grove. October 12, 2012 | Michael Smart~Sun-Times Media