A trip to the corn maize & pumpkin patch

Tonight, we headed out to the popular corn maize/pumpkin patch. Our kids always get so excited for this event. They love running through the pumpkin patch trying to find the perfect pumpkin. They always find ones that are too heavy for them to carry, so Jake is the helpful dad that gets to carry them all back to the car. He gets quite the workout doing this. Brooklyn enjoyed finding the baby pumpkins & wouldn't let go of her favorite one.
We then watched some pig races. This is only the second year they have done this & it was kind of fun. The kids cheered so loud for their favorite one & loved hearing the squeals from the pigs.
Off to the corn maize. This place is very creative & every year they have a different picture made in the maize. This year it is the heads of McCain & Obama. It's very impressive to see this huge corn field turned into a maize of such detail. Melissa & Jake had the maps & they did a great job navigating us through to the end. I was proud of Melissa. She doesn't always have the best directional skills, but she stayed focused & took her time & knew where she was the whole time on the map. Great experience/opportunity for her to learn.
We finished the night with some mini donuts--cinnamon/sugar & maple dip. Really Good!! We all had a great time & excitedly found spots in our yard for each of our pumpkins when we got home. We'll wait awhile to carve them. They always seem to go bad quickly.
Good job girls!!