Corn Maze

Our schools had lots of random holidays in October, and we took full advantage. Some friends arranged a trip to a local corn maze and invited us. I wasn't sure that my kids would enjoy a corn maze, but with the right group of people, anything is fun!

Some of my favorite kids and favorite families

Aaron was in heaven. He had three of his adoring fan club members there to follow him around and cater to his every whim. I thought he would hate the corn maze, but with Bekah, Lydia & Abi around he was very happy. 

The corn maze was also the perfect spot to find our favorite woolly bear caterpillars. Catherine has eagle eyes when it comes to caterpillars and managed to spot quite a few. Many were dead or almost dead, but she found a couple that she lovingly crammed into our stroller to take home. 

Caterpillar investigating

Aaron is getting much better about not crushing the caterpillars out of love.

We may have cheated a tiny bit, but we finally made it out! 

Eli, Abi, Emma & Catherine at the overlook

Aaron & Lydia made it out, too

Elise napped through the maze and woke up very happy

Seth is now part of the big(ger) kids crew and went off on his own with some friends (and a mom, because we didn't trust them to make it out alive):  

Maddie, Tessa & Gabe follow Seth into the maze.

Not sure this is a good idea.

Made it to the bridge

Trying to figure out where they are

Besides a corn maze, they also had several other fun activities for the kids. My little Catherine gymnast loved this huge playground made out of old tires that she could climb all over: 

Aaron loved having Abi & Lydia chase after him: 

Catherine's favorite part: the giant slide: 

This was a serious slide--definitely not your boring "safe" playground slide. It was steep enough to give me some stomach butterflies when going down. And I went down several times because Aaron, who is usually kind of a wimp, LOVED it! It was too big for him to go down alone, but he begged for me & Lydia to take him over and over again.

Aaron may have his fan club, but Elise is working on winning them over to her team: 

Elise & Lydia

Laughing at Lydia

Tessa, Elise & Catherine

Elise & Abi

One of the activities at the maze was a little train ride. We thought it was included with admission, but it ended up being $4 a rider (which I was unwilling to pay for a five minute ride). My kids were disappointed, but soon went back to the other activities. 

As we were getting ready to go, someone came up to us and offered us two tickets to ride the train. Aaron was happy to accept. I asked him who he wanted to go with him: me, or Lydia. "Didia".  And so Lydia and Aaron had a nice little train ride date together. 

Riding the train

Coming back from their date

The corn maze ended up being tons of fun. We'll be coming back next year for sure!