Family Fall Fun

Saturday was gorgeous and quite possibly the last really nice Saturday we'll get for awhile, so we took advantage of that and spent the day at the pumpkin patch!

We began by taking pictures right away - before we became muddy and covered in hay. ;)



Then we climb aboard the hayride to be taken to the pumpkin patch!




After finding our pumpkins, we took another hayride back to the farm and got them all washed, scrubbed, and cleaned up.  Then we deposited them in the back of our car so we could continue having loads of fun at the farm. :)



We started by letting the girls climb and play on the huge hay pyramid while I got our hot cocoas and some freshly popped kettle corn and cheese flavored popcorn.  Yum!  When the girls were done playing, we found a table near some live music and enjoyed our little snack.



The popcorn long outlasted the hot cocoas and we were thirsty by the time it was gone, so we headed over to watch them press fresh apple cider and enjoyed the samples.



After our thirst had been quenched by the delicious cider, we visited the petting zoo...





The donkey had an itch on his back while I was watching him:



After the petting zoo, we took our chances and entered the corn maze.  After about 20 minutes I noted that we probably should have visited the bathrooms before entering... thankfully, no one ended up having any problems and though we had fun wandering and getting lost for about an hour (we'd come across people who would ask us if we were on the right track and we'd tell them we have no idea, we're just following a four year old, lol), we did eventually make it out safely.



We had been at the farm for a few hours already but wanted to do one more thing before heading home... so we launched pumpkins!  And this year, instead of giving Ryan my tickets (he LOVES launching the pumpkins, lol), I actually launched a couple, too. :)



Finally, we called it a day.  It was a great day, filled with lots of family fall fun! :)