Pumpkin Patch 2019

With John's classes being so crazy this month and a final, midterm, and multiple big class assignments due this past week, John finally got to a point again where he could take a slightly slower day today. And by that, I mean that he only did 3 hours of homework in his free time today... And with the rest of his free time, we were able to go to the pumpkin patch!

I really loved the pumpkin patch we went to last year with my dad and two sisters, but as great as it was, it's a bit of a drive to get to compared to other places we could have gone. This year, we opted for a closer Pumpkin Patch that saved 20 minutes of driving, ended up having more activities, and was in a pretty similar price range as the one from last year! All in all, it was a win.

The only downside was that an early frost ruined a lot of the pumpkins. David got one from this place on a field trip last week and it's already a little squishy... So although we went to a pumpkin patch, we didn't end up getting a pumpkin... Oh well.

Luckily, Walmart has a Pumpkin Patch too... Their's just happens to resemble a large cardboard box. Lol.

With so much to do, our kids had a blast! Some of the things we had fun with were the slides, corn pit, jump pad, hay maze, corn maze, hay ride, mini wagon ride, and looking at all of the animals.

We did the medium sized corn maze which was just enough for our little kiddos although Brookie kept saying we were lost. Haha! They also had a mystery game you could play while going through the maze. It was in the style of the "Clue" board game where we would find signs throughout the maze that would eliminate suspects, weapons, and places until you got down to one answer in each category. We also made it to each checkpoint so our kids got a little piece of candy at the end!

At 4 pm Woody and Jessie along with Anna and Elsa came for pictures. At that point, the wind picked up and it started to get pretty chilly so we got a picture and headed off.

David really wanted to buy a caramel apple (Let's be honest. So did I...) and I probably would've bought one if it didn't get so freezing right when the line got twice as long! In the end, we came home and made some homemade apple pie caramel apples. Two of them turned out great and two of them just looked like the Evil Queen's poison apples from Snow White... At least they tasted good though! Haha!

It was such a fun day to spend as a family and also gave us a good break from such a crazy week! Now all that's left is to pick up some pumpkins to carve next week. Unless we want to take our chances with the squishy one... Ew.