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.