Pumpkin Patch

October has been a busy month. It seems like all of the activites were compressed into two-ish weeks. It's been a bit chaotic, but fun.

We took a field trip to a pumpkin patch. Copper Creek was a bit of a drive, but it was a pleasant country drive. When we arrived it was rainy--just enough to get us wet and make the ground muddy. However, the sun showed up and blessed the rest of our day, so overall, it was enjoyable. We had a variety of activites to fill our day. We started out with gem mining. The activity didn't produce the same quality as our previous gem mining experiences, but it was fun to do.

We toured pumpkins of varying kinds and chose our favorites.

We took advantage of photo spots and enjoyed the giant corn maze complete with lookout bridge.

The hayride took us out to pumpkin growing and wildflower fields for our expoloration.

There we also explored Copper Creek and an attached lake--really pretty scenery. The children milked a cow (a demonstration cow), jumped on a pillow pad, went down a drain pipe slide, visited barn animals, blew gigantic bubbles at the bubble barn, zipped down the zipline, and gathered candy fromt the candy cannon before we left for home.

It was a full day, which we ended with homemade pumpkin milkshakes--a bit of a tradition. :-) Fall is fun!