Today we went to Hill Ridge Farms in search of pumpkins. Thanks to our friend Amy (Stella Dot's mom) for her blog post about the fun farm. We arrived at the farm right when it opened at 9am wanting to beat all the weekend farm-goers. The only thing about doing that was that it was pretty chilly! Eli loved all the room to roam and stuff to look at. He's pretty used to animals at Grandma & Grandpa's farm so he was very comfortable looking at them. He is getting good with his animal sounds - he can do chicken (bock bock), cow (moo) and rooster (some kind of shriel sound that I can't write!). We're working on other animal sounds as well. Anyway, after the animals we went into the Corn Playhouse. This was so cool - it was pretty much equivalent to a sandbox but full of corn kernels. Eli & I played in there for a little while. Then it was off to the 80' slide. Eli went down it twice - once with each of us and loved it. He even walked up the big hill to the slide holding my hand. Did I mention that he's 14 months going on 4?!! He also ran through the hay bale maze. It was so funny because most of the time all I saw was a little head running by. He went in, went about halfway through and then backtracked to the entrance.
After that we went on a hayride that took us to the pumpkin patch. We could have spent all day looking for the perfect pumpkin. Eli seemed to want ones that were too big for him and got upset when he couldn't pick them up. When I finally gave him one to hold, he wanted to throw it so Daddy got pumpkin duty and carried the pumpkins back. Eli had a lot of fun on the hayride and running around the pumpkin patch. I was impressed with his ability to walk in and out of the pumpkins without falling or stepping on them.
Back from pumpkin patch, we wanted to go ahead and catch our train ride - it was getting close to lunch for Eli. We rode in the caboose and Eli liked looking out at the farm. It was chilly and windy so we tried to stay warm. After the train ride, we headed home and Eli fell asleep on the drive after running around virtually non-stop at the farm for two hours. He was so happy and had so much fun. This was our first trip to the pumpkin patch and hopefully we'll get to go back next year!
After that we went on a hayride that took us to the pumpkin patch. We could have spent all day looking for the perfect pumpkin. Eli seemed to want ones that were too big for him and got upset when he couldn't pick them up. When I finally gave him one to hold, he wanted to throw it so Daddy got pumpkin duty and carried the pumpkins back. Eli had a lot of fun on the hayride and running around the pumpkin patch. I was impressed with his ability to walk in and out of the pumpkins without falling or stepping on them.
Back from pumpkin patch, we wanted to go ahead and catch our train ride - it was getting close to lunch for Eli. We rode in the caboose and Eli liked looking out at the farm. It was chilly and windy so we tried to stay warm. After the train ride, we headed home and Eli fell asleep on the drive after running around virtually non-stop at the farm for two hours. He was so happy and had so much fun. This was our first trip to the pumpkin patch and hopefully we'll get to go back next year!
Welcome to Hill Ridge Farms
Eli & Mommy in the Corn Playhouse
Eli the cow?
That little head running through the maze
Big slide ride with Daddy
Big ole pumpkin patch
Family self portrait in the caboose
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