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Pumpkin Patch

Daddy had Columbus Day off, so we spent the day at the pumpkin patch!

The day started out by going to Frost Doughnuts in Mill Creek.  Phil can't resist the Bacon Maple Bar!


We decided to try a different pumpkin patch this year since we were going on a Monday.  Bob's Corn and Pumpkin Farm looked fun and seemed to have a lot more going on during the weekdays.


We had to get the compulsory pictures next to the pumpkin growth chart.  You can see where they were at last year on my post from last October.  They've grown a bit!  =)


It was a beautiful day to be out at the farm.  You could see for miles around, and the farm was relatively empty.



Thankfully, there was one preschool group there.  We unintentionally sort of followed them around which meant that we got to take advantage of the hay ride and cow train that otherwise might not have been open to us normal folk.


Can you see the boys hiding in the tractor tires?

One big plus for coming to this farm was its kid's corn mazes.  They had a big one too, but the kid's ones were perfect for us this year.  There was a story one where you go through the maze and read a story at each corner. The other maze had you find stations that have crayons to mark your fingers.  At the end of the maze, you match the code on your fingers with the chart to find something silly to act out.  It was quite fun!


Reading the story


Finger Code Chart

Marking their fingers

Showing off their fingers

We also found a fuzzy friend while walking through the maze.  



It was such a beautiful day.

The boys enjoyed going on the cow train.  After the preschool group was done, they got to go on it all by themselves.  Farmer Bob (of Bob's Corn!) drove the tractor for the train and he looked like he was having just as much fun as the boys were.  He tried "cracking the whip" as he called it to give the boys more of a fun ride.  They loved it.


We saw some animals, but mostly just chickens.


Finally, it was time to go get our pumpkins.  We got to go to their smaller patch that hasn't been picked over as much since we were there during a weekday.




We got some good ones!  We loved Bob's Corn, and I think we'll probably make it our new tradition.
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