A-Maze-ing

Yesterday we trekked 10 miles south to the Sunny Side Pumpkin Patch. Trips to Sunny SIde have become the norm for the last three years. It's very inexpensive and the kids have a great time. $5 per person for everything -- corn maze, gourd sling shot, farm animals to pet, games to play, wagon ride. It's great. Not included in the price are the pumpkins and refreshments. If you want to pick you own, you can.

The maze was long and more difficult than usual this year.  JD insisted on going it alone... he found four of the seven  check points on his own. With MY expert guidance, Kaylee found all of them. The wind was  howling on Sunday, which made navigation a chore.

The pop machine... Kaylee and JD decided that Rootbeer was better than Cider so they opted for that. I brought my own refreshment... Enviga, an energy drink made by Coca-Cola and Nestle that actually burn calories as you drink it. Kim bummed sips off the kids. To qualify for the Agri-Tourism dollars that Kansas offers, your ag-tourism business actually has to be educational. The pens that contained the goats, sheep, steer, ducks, chickens, and rabbits had signs on them detailing the history, benefits, uses, and other important information. I don't think the kids were impressed. They wanted to play.

The wagon ride takes you around the Pumpkin Patch. It's a short ride, but the kids had fun. It was amazing to me how often parents would let there children get too close to the horses. One boy, about 8 or 9 even ran along beside the horses for a short distance. The driver called to him to stay back several times. It makes you wonder where his parents were.


The trip was so exciting, Kim nearly wet herself. Good thing they had a Johnnie on the Spot!



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