Pumpkin Farm

I have been waiting and waiting for a nice day to go to the pumpkin farm. All weather reports pointed to a partly sunny Saturday and so with anticipation, I waited for a beautiful autumn Saturday to come. That beautiful day never came. Instead we had a week's worth of rain and a rainy Saturday. I decided, begrudgingly, that we should go any way. We ended up being ankle-deep in a muddy mess, but we had fun. Although I have learned my lesson because of muddy shoes. All the other children at the farm had rubber rain boots on and so being the newbies, we were unprepared. We will have to get some for next year. The mud was incredible. Stephen said that he hasn't seen that much mud since his mission in Argentina. In spite of the mud, there were two really great things about the farm. First was the cost. Admission was free for all, but we had to pay $3 for Benjamin to do things in what they called their courtyard. It was really an amazing deal for everything that we could do. The courtyard activities included a ride on the cow train and other little fun activities. There was also a barn with small animals to look at and feed. They also had a goat feeder that allowed you to put feed into a cup and then use a pulley to hoist it up to the goat up on a walk 15 feet up in the air. We took a hayride around the farm too. The second thing that Benjamin absolutely loved was a giant barn filled with corn. In a sense, it was an enormous sensory table big enough to get in that was full of corn. They allowed children and adults to take off their shoes and jump in it. Stephen and Benjamin hopped in. Stephen recounted that it felt like a massage on his feet. There were also diggers in the corn that Benjamin loved playing with. Overall it was a great day in spite of the rain, mud, and cold. Enjoy the pictures!