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Hope you had a nice Halloween!
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Pumpkin Patch & Farm Visit
A couple weekends ago, we headed over to Eveland Family Farm in Andover, Minnesota for a visit to their pumpkin patch and farm. We had taken Cody to this place in 2008 when he was a wee 7 months old! We had a beautiful day for a visit and enjoyed the few hours that we got to explore the farm. It is only $2 per person to get in and provided some family fun.
The first thing that we did is checked out the animals on the farm. It is a real, working farm and they have different types of farm animals to visit. We saw goats, sheep, horses, chickens and baby chicks, roosters, donkeys, and pigs. I think Cody's favorite was the chickens as they flailed around wildly (don't worry, they still had their heads on) so were fun to watch.
After checking out the animals, we got in line to go on the hayride. They took us around the farm to see the cows and different areas of the farm. We were pretty squished in and I may or may not have stole Cody from Gordon's lap so he could sit by me. (Sorry honey!) We didn't get any pictures from this as it was packed and no real photo opportunities.
Upon departing the hayride, we did the little corn maze they had, I think Cody really enjoyed that. He just kept wanting to go all the different directions. After "solving" the maze, we got to explore a pumpkin patch with hundreds of little, mini pumpkins. Cody had an absolute ball straddling all of the pumpkins that he possibly could. This was a great place for some photo ops, as you can see below.
Next, it was on to the tractors which may have been Cody's favorite thing to see at the farm. He LOVES tractors and was absolutely enthralled with one that looked just like Papa's tractor up north with the big cab and all. He couldn't ride this one though! :) We got a bunch of great shots on a different tractor they had decked out. I love his expression in the 3rd photo down (click to expand if you'd like) - I think he might be a bit proud!
Afterwards, we went and picked out a few big pumpkins to decorate and take home, as it was almost lunchtime by then. We paid way too much for them but I guess it's part of the experience. :) This will be the first year that we carve pumpkins, so I'm looking forward to seeing what Cody thinks of the pumpkin "guts" and the experience that goes along with all that.
We are looking forward to Halloween in a couple of weeks. I got Cody's Halloween costume at a garage sale this summer (shhhh, don't tell) and I think he's really going to get a kick out of trick-or-treating this year. We did go to a few houses last year, but it was pretty chilly and he didn't know what candy was at that point. Oh, he knows what it is now! :)
Happy Fall!
p.s. Here is a picture of Cody from 2 years ago at the same place...he's changed a bit, right?!
The first thing that we did is checked out the animals on the farm. It is a real, working farm and they have different types of farm animals to visit. We saw goats, sheep, horses, chickens and baby chicks, roosters, donkeys, and pigs. I think Cody's favorite was the chickens as they flailed around wildly (don't worry, they still had their heads on) so were fun to watch.
After checking out the animals, we got in line to go on the hayride. They took us around the farm to see the cows and different areas of the farm. We were pretty squished in and I may or may not have stole Cody from Gordon's lap so he could sit by me. (Sorry honey!) We didn't get any pictures from this as it was packed and no real photo opportunities.
Upon departing the hayride, we did the little corn maze they had, I think Cody really enjoyed that. He just kept wanting to go all the different directions. After "solving" the maze, we got to explore a pumpkin patch with hundreds of little, mini pumpkins. Cody had an absolute ball straddling all of the pumpkins that he possibly could. This was a great place for some photo ops, as you can see below.
Next, it was on to the tractors which may have been Cody's favorite thing to see at the farm. He LOVES tractors and was absolutely enthralled with one that looked just like Papa's tractor up north with the big cab and all. He couldn't ride this one though! :) We got a bunch of great shots on a different tractor they had decked out. I love his expression in the 3rd photo down (click to expand if you'd like) - I think he might be a bit proud!
Afterwards, we went and picked out a few big pumpkins to decorate and take home, as it was almost lunchtime by then. We paid way too much for them but I guess it's part of the experience. :) This will be the first year that we carve pumpkins, so I'm looking forward to seeing what Cody thinks of the pumpkin "guts" and the experience that goes along with all that.
We are looking forward to Halloween in a couple of weeks. I got Cody's Halloween costume at a garage sale this summer (shhhh, don't tell) and I think he's really going to get a kick out of trick-or-treating this year. We did go to a few houses last year, but it was pretty chilly and he didn't know what candy was at that point. Oh, he knows what it is now! :)
Happy Fall!
p.s. Here is a picture of Cody from 2 years ago at the same place...he's changed a bit, right?!
Friday, October 1, 2010
We're Still Here!
Wow...how did it get to be over a month that I last posted?! I really am going to try making blogging a priority again soon! I miss it!
Stay tuned!
Stay tuned!
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