Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze

It's that time of year. 

I say that like this has been an annual tradition for us, which it has not.  This is the first time we've taken our kids to anything that remotely resembles a pumpkin patch or corn maze. 

It was worth the wait.  However, their favorite things had nothing to do with a pumpkin patch or a corn maze.  This was the little guy's favorite part - the jumping pillow.  Destined to continually make you fall down, roll down the hill, land in rocks, and climb back up again.  Sounds like loads of fun. 

We could have dropped him off here, went shopping for the day, and picked him up at sundown.

Tackling your little brother definitely adds to the experience.

The giant tube slides were also a hit.  Terrible for pictures; great for laughter.

The rope maze was pretty cool.  I was shocked they wanted to do it, and even more shocked that this child stuck with it nearly the entire time.

This child did it once to practice, twice to race his dad, and a third time to switch colors to attempt to prove that his dad had the easier color.  Attempt failed.  He had to swallow his pride and just admit that dad was better at it.

I love this picture in the corn maze.  It captures their personalities perfectly.  I'm guessing the conversation went something like this:

8 yo:  We've already been that way, and this path leads to a dead end, so after careful analysis, I think we should take a left.  However, there is a sign over there that we have already seen, so maybe we should backtrack and go around the other way.....

5 yo:  "Huh?  Aren't we just here to have fun?!"

Pumpkin bowling.  Fun for all.  Except for the parents who have to set up the pins over and over and over and over and.....

Intense concentration.

Strike!!!!

The pictures do not lie.  We never made it to the actual pumpkin patch.  Because, as my boys said, why would you want to go stare at a field of pumpkins when there is so much other stuff to do?!