Pumpkin Patch

Saturday I finally took the kids to a pumpkin patch, Michael had been asking for a while but my schedule has been busy. This place is in Kentucky and was a pretty drive out. The best part - I didn't get lost! LOL =] Seriously though, that really surprised me. We got a little later start than I had planned on but it worked out, the kids napped almost the whole way there {30-45 min drive}. When we got there they were so excited to see the animals. First we had to pay admission of course, then the kids played on the hay castle then in the corn boxes. I'm sure you're wondering what a corn box is, I was too. It's like a sand box but instead of having sand in it, there's corn kernals - uncooked of course. The kids thought it was great & so did I the next day washing laundry. Instead of having sand everywhere there were only a few kernals. Then we took a ride out to the pumpkin patch where the kids each picked out a pumpkin & I made them pose a dozen times to get a picture. ;) We brought our pumpkins back to the car and grabbed the picnic lunch I packed - picnic basket & all - and sat down to eat. After that I took pictures of them in front of an old tractor, on a tractor, in front of a pumpkin, squash & flower display and whatever else I could find to torture them. They both used old equipment to shuck corn and then Michael fed a calf out of his hand, Lydia would only throw the corn in their general direction. We then wandered around the corn maze until another mom & I found a secret shortcut out, then the kids wanted to play in the hay castle one last time before leaving. We were there about 3 hours or so and had a great time. The weather was perfect, cool but not freezing. I'd have stayed longer but my allergies were starting to get mad at me for being around so much hay & nature. Later that evening we {I} scooped out pumpkin goop & carved faces into the pumpkins.