Pumpkin patch!

This morning we took a trip to a place called Washington Farms in Watkinsville, GA (about an hour from us) www.washingtonfarms.net It's a great place with all kinds of fun things for kids to do.

They had a little maze made from bales of straw.

They also had this cute little 'cow train'. They made these little cow cars out of plastic barrels. There are probably 20 of these little cows hooked together and pulled by a small tractor. They do a loop around the farm area...Spencer was on his own with his cow (we didn't ride with him) and he had a lot of fun.


Next we did the hay ride. It was actually a 'straw' ride, but I guess that doesn't matter much. It was slow going, but Spencer enjoyed it. We sat in the front so Spencer could watch the tractor. The hay ride took us toward the back of the farm where the corn maze was located.

The corn maze was on about 8 acres and was really fun (as long as you weren't traumatized by 'Children of the Corn' when you were a kid). The corn maze was actually much more involved than we thought it would be, but thanks to Fred's D&D skills we made it out of the corn maze. Spencer enjoyed shouting 'Left! Right!' and looking for ears of corn. After we went through the corn maze we walked back to the pumpkin patch.

On the way to a prime pumpkin-picking spot.

Daddy's pumpkin's stem was too big. Mommy's pumpkin was too round. But Spencer's pumpkin was just right!

On the way home Spencer said he was going to put triangles on his pumpkin then cut it out with a knife. I have no idea how he knows these things, as we've never carved pumpkins with him.

It was a fun morning, and I highly recommend Washington Farms to any family in the Atlanta area.

Fall days and bargaining power

The recent fall weather has been beautiful. We spent a lovely morning at the playground about a week ago. And last night we went to a picnic at Spencer's preschool where he ran around after the other kids like a little mad man! It was fun.
Spencer can almost tell us about his day now, which is so cool. He will tell us about activities and people, sometimes quite clearly. Bedtime has improved tremendously (though now that I said that it will all change again tomorrow) and he's just a happy little kid.

He has decided recently that he can make his own rules. For example, one night we bribed him with television to get him to eat dinner ("if you eat your dinner you can watch some Bob the Builder"...I know, I know, not the best parenting move). Well, the next night he bargained right back ("ok, I'm going to eat my broccoli then I get to watch Bob the Builder!"). We tried to explain to him that as the parents we get to make the rules, not him. But I'm not sure he believed us. He gets quite insistent that as long as he follows his rule, he gets a reward.

Hhhmmm...now that I think about it, I think he gets that from me!