October Fun--Post 1--Pumpking Patch/Corn Maze

Have you missed me? You are about to get overloaded with posts to catch up for the last month. October was a fun and busy month for us. We have really come to love the fun it brings. This year we had two, yes two, sets of grandparents come visit. My dad and his wife Nancy were watching my brothers kids for a week in Iowa City, so we didn't see much of them, but a little. I went up there one day, and then on their way to the airport they stopped to do something fun with us. Greg's mom, and husband Jim, happened to come the day before, also, so we decided to head to the pumpkin patch for some fun. My niece and nephew also came with us. So we had a total of 6 adults and 7 kids (not a bad ratio, really).

The day started out fun enough. We first did a great corn maze with lots of different checkpoints. It was great fun, but then it started raining. It was really starting to come down so we had to leave the maze and hide out in the little store. We still hadn't picked our pumpkins though. We talked it over and most of us decided to brave the rain and still get a pumpkin. Adam and Nancy opted for the drier, warmer car. The rain slowed down a little bit, but we failed to think about the MUD! It was so slippery and deep. It was difficult to walk, let alone pull our wagon with pumpkins in it. We did it though, and everyone had a great attitude about it, even the baby who was carried by my dad in his backpack. It even added to the experience. I think the worst part was cleaning off seven children's shoes when we got home. We came home and had hot chocolate and spaghetti for dinner. It was fun we could do this with grandparents and cousins along.

                                                                       Fun at the Corn Maze.

Lizzy at the Pumpkin Patch

P.S.  This is Tammy, not Greg.