Mommy wanted to celebrate the Fall season on her birthday weekend - so we organized an outing to the Cox Farms Fall Festival. It was a perfect day to be out on the "farm" - 75 degrees and partially sunny. We met our friends Darren, Christa and little Bea; Audrey and little Laurel, and Kelly and Dan. The farm had all the cheesy fun of Fall - giant slides formed by hay bales, petting zoo animals (including baby goats!), a kiddie zone with climbing structures, a slide, and corn box, live music, and a corn maze with spooky exhibits along the way. The kiddos had a ball - riding the giant slides with mom or dad was a favorite activity met with squeals of delight. And at one point Nicholas and Laurel grasped hands and took turns leading each other through the corn maze. Too cute! At the end of the day, we went to the festival market and picked out our three pumpkins - along with some yummy kettle korn for Mommy.
The Giant Slides:
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| "I can fly!" |
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| Mommy & Nicholas |
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| Daddy & Nicholas |
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| The miner's tunnel slide! |
The Goat Petting Zoo:
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| Baby Goats! |
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| #39 was Nicholas' favoirite |
The Corn-undrum Maze:
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| "Who goes there?" |
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| Follow the leader! |
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| Laurel and Nicholas led the pack through the Corn Maze |
The Kiddie Zone Train:
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| "Peek-a-boo!" |
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| "All Aboard!" |
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| Bea and Nicholas in the caboose! |
The Corn Box:
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| Nicholas & Laurel |
The Kiddie Slide:
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| Nicholas leaned to the left... |
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| Bea rolled right.... |
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| And Laurel shot straight through the middle! |
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| Nicholas also straightened out on his second time down! What a pro! |
The Pumpkin Patch:
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| Mommy, Nicholas and the Pumpkin Totem Pole |
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| Nicholas gives the camera man the "skunk eye" |
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| There's our happy little family! |
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| "Now, which pumpkin should I pick?" |
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| "What are you supposed to do with these things? Ride them? |
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| "Mine's broken...it's not going anywhere!" |
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| "But, it does make for a comfy seat" |
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| "I think I may be in over my head here..." |
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| "Don't look now, but I think there's a pumpkin behind you!" |
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| Little man down - in the pumpkin patch! |
