Great Adventure

We made a trip to Ft. Collins this weekend to celebrate the fall season & an early birthday for Boston. G-ma Lynn & Pop Pop were in town too to get their car serviced, so we kidnapped them & went to a corn maze & pumpkin patch since none of us had ever been to one before.


In the corn maze there were a few 'haunted' parts but the kiddos weren't scared at all! We explained that the scarecrows weren't bad guys but were actually there to scare away crows from eating the corn, & the graveyard scene (which was kinda creepy) was just a place where bones were resting. Brooklyn decided that the bones were in jail behind the iron fence because they were in trouble for not wearing clothes!

The kiddos were great explorers & led us the whole way, we did hit a few dead ends, but they kept themselves entertained by pulling kernels off the cobs & throwing them at Pop Pop! We weren't in the maze for too long (thank goodness since it covered ten acres)& I was glad that the kiddos didn't get tired or lose enthusiasm; but when we emerged from the multitude of corn rows Boston said "whew - that was a great adventure!"


There was also a petting zoo & the kiddos got to pet calves, piglets, llamas, & ponies. When we went to the pumpkin patch, it wasn't much of a 'patch' anymore. I was disappointed that it was pretty picked over & I didn't get the pictures I was hoping for, but the kiddos had fun trying to use their huge muscles & see who could lift the biggest pumpkin!



They also got to play in a big bouncy castle & maze! It was hilarious watching the kiddos help each other make their way through the bouncy obstacles - they got a little topsy-turvy in there, so I was glad they could fall without getting any injuries!





The kiddos picked some pumpkins to bring home - Brooklyn picked a teeny-tiny orange pumpkin & a big white one; Boston liked the pumpkin he picked because it didn't have a 'hat' (stem). Next up for the adventure list - carving pumpkins!