Ahh Fall, who doesn't love it? We have been taking advantage of the beautiful fall weather (well, I guess until this crazy, windy cold front came blowing in) and getting out to see what Ohio's harvest has to offer. The boys and I were able to go apple and raspberry picking one morning, both of which I have never done before. It was a lot of fun! Grant had a ball, especially with the raspberry picking once I showed him how he could taste the berries he picked. That was probably not the best idea since he proceeded to eat the berries straight from the bush until I dragged him to the car. That boy can eat.
A couple weekends ago Ryan and I took the kiddies to a local farm that puts on fun activites for the weekend. It was like a mini farm amuesment park. They had hay rides, a corn maze, zip-lines, farm animals, huge hay lofts to play in complete with slides and jumps, 4-wheeler type bike racing, and much, much more (maybe they should pay me for this).
By far Grant's favorite attraction was the humongous corn box. It's like a typical sand box but instead of sand, there's corn, and instead of a box, there's A BARN. So basically, it was a big barn filled 8 inches deep with corn kernels to play in! There were lots of large Tonka trucks and cars to play with as well, which only sweetened the deal. We spent almost an hour there and still Grant was not ready to move on. Plus, it was simple to clean the corn off when he was done, in contrast to sand, which would have chafed him for the rest of the day (and would have chafed me, figuratively speaking, when it showed up in the carpet at home). Yes, we are now considering having a corn box of our own some day.
Grant was very proud of the sticker he was issued on admission to the farm. He walked up to the goats and said "Hi goats, you wanna see my sticker?" I think they would have appreciated a little lick of it at least.
What's a fun-filled farm without plywood animal cutouts? Grant preferred to ride the stone pig and eat his apple. Tate sure makes a cute horse though!
Ahh Fall, who doesn't love it? We have been taking advantage of the beautiful fall weather (well, I guess until this crazy, windy cold front came blowing in) and getting out to see what Ohio's harvest has to offer. The boys and I were able to go apple and raspberry picking one morning, both of which I have never done before. It was a lot of fun! Grant had a ball, especially with the raspberry picking once I showed him how he could taste the berries he picked. That was probably not the best idea since he proceeded to eat the berries straight from the bush until I dragged him to the car. That boy can eat.
A couple weekends ago Ryan and I took the kiddies to a local farm that puts on fun activites for the weekend. It was like a mini farm amuesment park. They had hay rides, a corn maze, zip-lines, farm animals, huge hay lofts to play in complete with slides and jumps, 4-wheeler type bike racing, and much, much more (maybe they should pay me for this).
By far Grant's favorite attraction was the humongous corn box. It's like a typical sand box but instead of sand, there's corn, and instead of a box, there's A BARN. So basically, it was a big barn filled 8 inches deep with corn kernels to play in! There were lots of large Tonka trucks and cars to play with as well, which only sweetened the deal. We spent almost an hour there and still Grant was not ready to move on. Plus, it was simple to clean the corn off when he was done, in contrast to sand, which would have chafed him for the rest of the day (and would have chafed me, figuratively speaking, when it showed up in the carpet at home). Yes, we are now considering having a corn box of our own some day.
Grant was very proud of the sticker he was issued on admission to the farm. He walked up to the goats and said "Hi goats, you wanna see my sticker?" I think they would have appreciated a little lick of it at least.
What's a fun-filled farm without plywood animal cutouts? Grant preferred to ride the stone pig and eat his apple. Tate sure makes a cute horse though!
