In spite of the fact that my camera batteries died as soon as we got there, it was a fun, relaxing day. I just love being outdoors in the fall. The kiddos had a blast playing, riding and petting animals. Somehow Zekers, Alia and Karis went on ahead and beat us out of the corn maze! We even got some good pictures, thanks to Alan and Erin. And of course, we brought lots of extra corn and straw back home with us . . .
We stayed until about 4:00, then came home, stuck the kids straight into the bathtub, put them into their PJs, had dinner and watched the movie Enchanted. Danny and I got a kick out of watching Rachel watch the movie. She sat there enraptured. She laughed. She cried. She gasped a few times. She never took her eyes off the screen. When true love's kiss woke the princess up just as the clock struck 12, she leaped exultantly out of her seat, as a huge "YES!!!" burst out of her. (She was a little sheepish when she realized she'd said it out loud.) Our little drama queen.
It was a gift to be able to hang out as a family for the whole day - and I enjoyed every minute of it, except for the few minutes I spent cleaning up Malachi's blowout in an old shed. I cannot find the words to express how thankful I am for my family, or how much I enjoy being with them.
9 comments:
Glad you had fun! The last picture is tooooo cute! Malachi on top was the best !
Brumbaugh's is one of our favorite fall activities for our family. We try to go every year. If we can scrounge up the 6 bucks a pop, we may still make it this year!
You all are too cute! I love the one of everyone with their faces in the cut-outs and Malachi up top!
awesome! these are the kinds of things our kids will always remember!
Yes, such a Boo-ti-ful picture! It just ghosts to show you how much fun you can have in the fall. And back in the day, we thought it was just too cool to be able to play in a hay loft or a corn crib!
You are such a good mommy. Wish we'd done more of that when you girls were small.
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kati - yeah, i kind of cringe inwardly at having to pay 6 bucks a pop. this year we had a coupon for one free admission, so we only had to pay for three. yippee!
mom - i remember lots of fun things we used to do as a family, like hiking the trail behind our house and picking mulberries and family game nights and watching the Cosby Show every Thursday night with a big bowl of cheesy popcorn!
sometimes i wish my kids were still young enough to enjoy those kinds of things. now when i ask them to do something with me, they yawn.
and that's only a very small exaggeration.
so keep paying if you can. it's worth it :)
by the way, have you noticed how marissa has labeled your blog on her blog? i love it.
After reading your blogs the last 2 years about Brumbaugh's, I was so excited to finally go this year. Well, we went today and I'm sorry to say we were actually disappointed. There wasn't as much to do for the kids as I had hoped. And for $6 a piece, I thought it was a rip off. We went to Young's earlier this year and it is free to get into. You'll have to check it out next year instead of this one. It's really fun. It could be that we are just used to Dayton fall farm activities, not Greenville ones :-)
I do have to say that I have never had such a good apple dumpling! it was worth the drive just for that. So, now I know why you guys go!
Glad your brood had fun!
David, Lyndie, Yosi, Bob & I all went to Brumbaugh's the Saturday before we left. It had rained the day before, so the hayride wasn't available so they let us in free! What fun, esp since we had the place to ourselves!
We took the same pic at the 5 person cut-out, except we thought we had our camera on a timer. Discovered later it was on video. So it caught us all trying to talk thru our smiles, and asking: "Did it flash?" "Did you see it go off yet?"
What fun memories!
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