our farmland adventure

 

a few months ago, i bought a living social deal for farmland adventures. 

this past weekend we finally had a free saturday and the weather looked to be perfect so we loaded up the kids and headed out. 

it turned out to be the perfect morning.

farmland adventures is a brand new pumpkin patch/corn maze and it will definitely be where we take our kids from now on. 

it was extremely well organized, everyone was very friendly, there were a variety of activities, and everything was really spread out so you weren't stumbling onto each other.

also, it just had a really peaceful environment.  {which makes sense after I read about the family that owns and operates it...they love Jesus. so double bonus there. :)}

it was a perfect fall morning, cool enough to feel like fall, but warm enough to not feel chilled or uncomfortable.
first we trekked through the corn maze...we did the mini-maze since we had a stroller and a two year old to contend with.
the scenery was breathtaking.

next the boys played in the corn box.
it's like a giant sandbox filled with corn kernals.
i think they could have played there for hours.
i wish we had a corn box.

i would say this was their favorite activity....but i think all the activities were their favorite.

they had all kinds of measuring cups and bowls for them to play with in the kernels.
sawyer stayed in that same spot and poured and poured.

ruby did this . . . the entire time. 

part of our ticket deal was unlimited pony rides.  
sawyer was pumped. up.
he loves "horsies" so this was very exciting.

what is so great is that we paid the same amount for the whole thing that it costs to do one pony ride at most events.  
and i tell you...this place was worth every cent.

next up.... feeding the farm animals.

this was so fun!
Jesus was blessing us right and left that morning...besides ruby sleeping peacefully through the whole thing, a lady handed us a cup of animal feed that was 3/4 full because her kids were done with it. 
that cup lasted us quite a while and the boys had so much fun feeding the goats and cows.

 

 

you know how some pumpkin patches or corn maze places are crazy and overstimulating?
this was not like that at all....we really got the sense that they were trying to give families a fun farm experience.
this was our cup o' tea, i tell ya.

after feeding, petting & sitting on the animals, we got in line for the wagon ride.
even the wait was nice because while we were waiting the boys got to play around in the pumpkin patch.
fyi: arkansas is beautiful.

the boys ran and played while AJ and i dreamed about what it would be like to live on land like that.

oh hello hottie.

the wagon ride was awesome.
sawyer said, "that cowboy's gonna give us a ride."
anyone wearing a cowboy hat is a cowboy, the end.
they drove us on a nice, peaceful ride around the land and we got to enjoy the beautiful fall trees in all their autumny color.

after the ride the boys took another pony ride and then they got to hold baby pot bellied pigs.
such a neat experience....although that squealing is nuts!!

the last thing we did was get fried twinkies.
oh yes we did.
oh my mercy, it was heaven on a stick. . . and i don't even like twinkies.
but they dip them in batter and fry them and coat with powdered sugar and you just want to cry, they're so good.

this morning was a gift. . . just one of those times when everything works out so nice.
those are times you hold onto for the other times when everything seems to be chaos & crazy.
it was rejuvenating, for sure.

by the way, this is not a sponsored post at all.....we just loved farmland adventures so much, i had to share. :) Pin It