At the Farm! Friday

A little slow in getting this out today, but that's just how it's going to be.

I've had a busy week with work and some extra kid wrangling.

And things won't be slowing down for me at all this weekend.

I wish I could be at the farm doing this....

But instead, I will be here this weekend......

making myself comfortable in one of the tractors, pulling around one of these....
{only I'll be driving a bigger tractor, with a much bigger trailer}

If you are in Central Iowa, or are up for a road trip,

head on out to the Center Grove Orchard this weekend!

You can.....
play in the Farm yard,
jump in the corn pool,
get bounced on the big pillow,
slip down the giant slide,
enjoy a hay ride {possibly driven by yours truly!},
pick some apples,
go hunting for the perfect pumpkin,
and a whole lot more!

A fun place for all ages!

Fall Fun

What's a better way to enjoy the fall weather than by spending it outdoors. Last night, my connection group had a hayride/bonfire. I had a kid wrangling job for the evening, watching this sweet girl. She had a special day yesterday....it was her 2nd birthday!! Happy Birthday Miss Brenna! So glad we got to celebrate with you.

To start off our evening, we had an activity of making scarecrows, that eventually got judged for a winner. And here's the winning scarecrow and Miss Mya, who came up with the idea.Here's the scarecrow that my group worked on. We got 2nd place. :)After we completed our scarecrows and roasting hotdogs over the bonfire, we went on a chilly hayride. It was quite the amuzing ride, as we had a handful of little guys and gals who decided to make their own wild animal noises. They would have made for great background noise at the haunted forest.

To conclude our night, of course we had smores! Since it was Brenna's birthday and we didn't have any birthday cake, she also got to enjoy a smore instead. I'm pretty sure she enjoyed every last bite of it. She sat in this chair and enjoyed this smore for at least 10 minutes.

It was a bit chilly all night, but that's what warm clothes and bonfires are for.

Today I was wrangling for 2 different kids from 2 different families (and their dogs). Maddie is 10 years old and Tristan is 7 months old. We took a trip to the orchard...which makes it my 4th for this season. Even though the temps were in the upper 40s, it was still really busy. Maddie attempted to go through the corn maze while Tristan and I sat outside the maze on a bench. But after getting 2 punches, she decided that was enough. We then headed back on the 'hayride' and picked out some pumpkins for them to put on their front step.
After picking up some pumpkins, apple cider, and fudge, we called it a day.

Bright and early tomorrow morning (well, techically it will still be dark), Maddie and I will be hanging out with Tristan again.

I hope you all are able to enjoy this fall weather as well! If you'd like to see some more fun fall pictures, go here.

Bushels of Fun!

This afternoon, I took these sweet girls to the Center Grove Orchard. Yup....it was my second time in two days. But, since I got myself the season pass, I might as well use it. For the Z girls, they get in free since their mom works there a couple times a week. We also brought along Miss Mya for some fun as well. Our first stop for the day....the corn pool. Those girls were probably in there for at least 3o minutes, playing in the many bushels of corn. They took turns burying each other in the corn, running around the edge on the bales then jumping in, and just having a good time.

Next stop...the goats. Yesterday, they weren't nearly as active. But today the goats were fun. The girls had fun just picking up chunks of grass and feeding it to the goats. No need to spend 25 cents on goat feed. Grass works too!!

After seeing the goats having some fun, the girls wanted to go to the jumbo pillow and have some more fun of their own. They jumped around for a good while, but didn't last as long this time since it's not shaded and it was above 80 degrees.
Then it was time for school!Even though it was a quick trip to the orchard, we had a fun time. I'm sure we'll be going back another time, but later in the season...and hopefully it won't be as hot!