Cornbelly's

Ok, before I get to our fun day at the corn maze, I have to post a picture of the baby girl bedding that I put on last night! Thanks Ian for raising the crib mattress! I know it's a pain, but I'm getting so excited about the baby's nursery now that the crib is so cute and put together! Don't even ask about the rest of the room though. It's a mess.
The plan for today was to take the kids to the Barnyard Boo at Farm Country, but then when I looked up the times it was only from 4-8pm. Well there's no way I was going to drive down or back in traffic, so I was trying to come up with a backup plan. I looked up the hours and pricing for Wheeler Farm's kid corn maze and it was going to be almost the same price as just going to the big Cornbelly's corn maze at Thanksgiving Point. I had never taken the kids and hadn't been myself in a few years. It has definitely grown in the last 3 years! There was SO much to do. Food vendors, rides, playground areas, the pumpkin patch, and, of course, the corn maze.

I actually don't love the corn maze. My feet get tired and I don't like trying to figure out which way to go. I wasn't really looking forward to wandering/chasing the kiddos in there, but the Kiddie Maze was perfect. It only took us about 10 minutes and it's pretty tough to get lost.
Even though there were lots of school/day care/scouting groups the place didn't seem all that crowded. I had expected there to be so many people. It's the Friday before Halloween and we had perfect sunny 65 degree weather, but luckily we didn't run into many lines or crowds. The kids loved the cow train and rode it at least 5 times. Weston loved the jumping pillow. They kept one designated just for little ones, so that made it more fun too. Davin loved the bouncy ride animals by the jumping pillow, which worked out perfectly.

Can you tell my kids like to shove their faces in those cut-out photo op things? They do. There were several of these around the property and I think I have about 6 photos of them in each one.
We saw the pig races, played with the pumpkin tetherball games, got snow cones, rode trikes, played with the water pump duck races (huge hit with my kids), saw an old school fire truck, played in the wooden train, and even braved going through the giant blow up dinosaur maze.
It was seriously a very fun day. Exhausting, but fun. We ended up not eating lunch until after we left. Somehow the kids weren't whining about being hungry even though we didn't leave until almost 2pm. I will definitely take them again next year and we'll be sure to bring Daddy. It's a little pricey, but Davin was still free and with our Thanksgiving Point membership we get a little discount. Mostly though, it's just worth the money! Hooray for a successful day at the corn maze. Up next . . . carving pumpkins and donuts off the cat!