Family Fun Saturday

Today was one of those super-rare occasions when there was nothing, not one thing, on our family calendar.  We have been so excited all week about the thought of rest, a family fun outing, and of course a little Clemson football!

We started the morning with an almost hour long walk on the Greenway.  Since Dave has hurt his back, we decided to take it easy this morning with a workout that was longer, but less intense than our normal Saturday morning runs.  Then we headed to a local pumpkin patch for our adventure for the day.  We decided to try a new farm this year and went to the Hall Family Farm.  I had been there before to pick strawberries, but had no idea how many Fall things they set up.  The kids were almost overwhelmed with the variety of activities they had to choose between.  Despite a few sprinkles of rain we managed to spend almost 3 hours there and still had to drag Preston away!

Savannah navigating the first kid maze

So excited to make her way out!!

Not really wanting to smile, but trying to make mama happy

Savannah and Preston first navigated a kid sized maze set up with plastic.  Savannah could easily see over the top so it was neat to watch her problem solve and find our way out!  Then we tried a real corn maze for the kids.  It was challenging enough and the kids loved getting their stamps at each station and collecting their prize.  We thought that would satisfy Savannah's desire for a corn maze, but she insisted on trying out the big maze.  So we took the easy map and gave it a go! 

After an hour of searching USING THE EASY MAP we still were missing 2 puzzle pieces.  At that point I think the kids were thinking we were lost for good and were never going to make it out, so we made the decision to give up on the last two pieces and head for the exit!  Let's just say that maze was pretty intense.  They have you carry tall flags so that if you do get lost they can have the man sitting on the tower direct you out.  When we finally made our way out he congratulated us and then said "I was worried about you guys."  Ha! 

We then took a ride on the hayride and enjoyed the scavenger hunt they had set up along the way.  The kids had some more fun with a duck race and then we had to make them leave!  It was a lot of fun and a great way to spend a Saturday morning.

Now they have been bathed and are down for naps.  Dave is watching football and we're ordering pizza for dinner.  That makes for one happy mama!