Pumpkin Patch

Well, we braved the rain and muck yesterday and headed out to Maris Farms in Buckley, Washington. At first we decided not to go yesterday because when we woke up it was pouring but after a couple of hours the sun kept trying to poke through so we just went ahead and went.

It's not too far from here, maybe a 35 minute drive (thank you freeways)! We pulled in and you could see the huge pumpkin field and an even bigger corn maze.

We bought our admission tickets ($10 apiece and they gave us $2 each in Maris coins because one of their attractions was closed due to the rain.) we put on our bracelets and headed inside. We walked around for awhile because this was a huge place with so much to do we weren't sure what to do first! Finally we settled on the animal barn.

Logan saw the bunnies, sheep, pygmy goats, chickens and roosters, and of course they were all DOGGY! It was too cute. We were the only ones in the barn so that was neat. Then we walked out the other end and see ponies tied up in a little circular track thing. There was lots of whisper between Martha (my mother-in-law) and I about if they'd let Logan do it. Finally I just asked and they said yep!

$5 and Logan got his first pony ride. He rode Snowfire who was also a Doggy, but who he liked very much. We got to pet her/him (I didn't catch which) and Logan liked that too. I held Logan on the saddle as the horses were led in their circle. Logan had a grin most of the time.

When we got off, we decided to do the corn maze while it wasn't raining. We parked our wagon under the entrance tent and ventured into the short maze. They gave us little papers with clues on how to get out. We had to solve riddles and questions whenever we came to a sign. We solved the short maze in about ten minutes and the sky was still holding, so even though we were getting muddy we went ahead with the long maze. This time we were stuck in there for a good 45 mins but it was a lot of fun for the big people anyway. I haveno idea what Logan was thinking but I'm sure he thought we were all going bonkers.

When we got out of the maze we headed to the kiddie play area. We let Logan ride a mini sized tractor and then he went on what they call
The Cow Train. It is a bunch of little cars decorated like cows pulled by a giant tractor. There is only enough room for a little one on this train so Logan was a big boy and went alone. He had a good time. I followed it but he didn't even look for me. The poor kid in front of him screamed the whole way.

The rain was starting to pick up by this point so we headed to the pumpkin field to get our perfect pumpkins. Logan had fun touching them and then riding in the wheel barrow.

Off to pay and then we were out of there. It was a nice afternoon and not ten minutes after we left the Heavens opened up and the rain started pouring.

We sure had a lot of fun and going to the pumpkin patch is a tradition I can see happening in our family for a very long time.

-Kristin