Baby pumpkin

Our first pumpkin showed up a few days ago. It's growing fast, but we're still a ways away for the chariot races. It ticks me off that the weeds will grow in any conditions, but my precious plants wither and die at the slightest hiccup.  I have weeds that are growing in between my bricks in my walkway. It's been 95-102 the last few days with no rain. The bricks feel like volcanic lava when walking across them, but that's still not hot enough to deter the pesky miserable little weeds.  I have ripped them up, stomped on them and sprayed them with weed killer.  Yet they still come back to annoy me.  However, I water the pumpkin plants and try to keep them healthy and a small wind snaps the thing in half (I exaggerate of course, but it's more fun that way.)