A Day at the Pumpkin Patch...

Yesterday the boys didn't have school (Columbus Day) so we thought it would be the perfect day to head to the pumpkin patch.

We went to Center Grove Orchard in Cambridge...it was amazing with LOADs to do..stayed for almost four hours!

We started out in the corn pool...

Jason helped the boys out a few times!

 

Jack did a corn angel...isn't this place HUGE!!!

Next stop, the giant jumping pillow.

While Sam was jumping, I noticed that he needed some new socks!

Jason tried his hand at jumping into the hay maze (who knows why)...just a few scratches and "bloody marks" as Jack calls them!

There's a giant slide which was great fun for the boys.

Everyone tried their hand at lassoing...

Drove some IH trucks around for a bit...(Go big red!)

Milked a practice cow...Look at Sam's tongue hanging out, but he got her going!

OH NO!! Our dear Nanny is a female goat...how rude!!

Nasty troll...

Next to last stop, the corn maze.  The boys couldn't wait to get into the maze...it took some time to get through it!  it was getting pretty warm out by this time and we were all starting to drag a bit.

We were pretty excited to FINALLY find the end of the maze! (Check out how dirty Jack's shirt became!)

Last stop, pumpkin patch. Our pumpkin finding was very successful!

Since we had a wheel barrow, we had to walk back to the orchard instead of riding the tractor ride.  On the way back it started to POUR!!  We all ran under a tree for a bit of cover, but still got soaked!  At least it cooled us off a bit and washed off a layer of dirt! 

Can't wait to share photos of the big pumpkin carving in a couple of weeks...we all know how Sam just loves to carve pumpkins!! While walking to the patch Sam said, "I did pretty well last year with carving pumpkins.  I took out some guts before I gagged!"  It was a true milestone for him!