2018 Center Grove Pumpkin Patch, Part I

A Friday off of work coupled with a non-school day for the critters led to some thoughts... I was initially thinking that I would take the boys to a movie but all of the movies out currently suck and on top of the suckage, there's only 1 movie for kids, Small Foot. It doesn't get good reviews at all.

What to do, what to do...  

I hatched a plan to perhaps head to a pumpkin patch!  And I was also so clever to realize that if the boys didn't have school, then there's probably a high probability that their friends, Max & Jack, who attend the same school, would also likely NOT have school on this day.

It turned out to be true so we invited them along for the ride.

Let's have a look at some of our adventures.

The ol' corn pit...  I'm not going to lie.  I cannot stop thinking of the rodents that pass thru here and poop while doing so.  Can't stop thinking about that while the kids are burying themselves and throwing corn at their peers and so on...  So what's a feller to do!?

A feller is inclined to look at the old tractors!  That's what he'll do.  And he'll photograph them as well!

Back to the rodent-poo-pit!

New this year is the old grain truck backed up to the pit which has been outfitted with steps up one side of the bed and a slide down the other.  Pretty cool even if Max was the only one to utilize it!  He went headfirst, of course!

Next opportunity in our line of fire was the Lil' Kid Maze.  They made a quick pass thru it and that was it.  They were the only kids in it at the time, which is Robby's favorite!

The bounce cushion.   What can you say except for HUGE insurance liability!!!  LOL!  There was a farm worker raking the rocks around it who was barking out rules while the boys were on it.  Robby wasn't impressed until Caleb got busted for "shoving".

Man down!

This has never been a huge hit with Rob or Caleb but man, was it ever a hit today!  Max tore these mothers up and was passing anybody and everybody!  

Caleb in the lead with Max on the green machine and closing in!

Jack waiting on a slower boy that we didn't know.  He was too polite to pass.  

Caleb being held up by a mom pedaling her daughter around.  She was working WWWWAAAYYYYY harder than any plans that I had for the day!

The battle of the day.  Robby, who HATES losing at anything and everything, being trailed and bumped (even tho that's strictly prohibited by the posted rules!) by Max.  They battled until the line of peeps waiting to get a machine was building up.

I figured that even my fat butt should get in on at least pic.

Jack, Caleb and Robby all looking beyond ecstatic to be here...

Jack requested that I take a pic of himself with Max "for their mom".  

I took two!  What you can't experience in this pic is the berating of Rob that Max won't smile better for his mother! LOL!!

The attraction that NEVER works correctly but still draws the attention of the kiddos.  You have to pump water faster than people on the other side to float/race your rubby ducky to the opponents side faster than they do to your own side.

Time for some Apple Cider donuts, cider and coffee!  Oh, and to warm up...

That's it for Part I, Part II is on the way...