Shaw Farms

I finally did something on Thursday with the kids that I've been wanting to do since Blake was a baby. The kids and I went to a Pumpkin Patch/farm. I've always wanted to go because I thought they would be such great pictures, but never made it. Seriously, each fall I would plan to go, and then each fall I would procrastinate, and then eventually it would be too late.
So I was thrilled when Mindy suggested meeting there. What's sad is (and I didn't even tell Mindy this) I wanted to call her Thursday morning and cancel. I was feeling very, very lethargic. Know what I mean? I didn't feel like doing anything. Now don't get me wrong. We did school. But beyond that....I just didn't feel like getting the kids all ready to go. I kept thinking and thinking of a good excuse to tell Mindy to get out of going, but I couldn't think of anything, and well....I WAS NOT GOING TO BAIL ON HER. I hate it when people bail on me at the last minute with a dumb excuse. So we went.
We of course were late, but....not too late...just a few minutes and were excited to see all the set-ups of the pumpkins. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but it was this.Talk about having some fun. They had scarecrows with painted pumpkin faces in different set-ups across the front field. They had an Aladdin theme, Peter Pan, Flinstones (my favorite), Winnie the Pooh, and quite a few others. They also had a maze that the kids really enjoyed. Oh, and then in the back they had more of a historical set-up. They had a scene from the Civil War, and old West town, and then an Indian scene. They had chickens and a few animals. Loved it. We did the hayride too. I'd like to go back again because I heard that you can set up an educational tour, and do a few more hands on things. I think that would be fun too.