Conners A-Maize-Ing Acres

We spent the day out at Conners A-Maize-Ing acres in a family fun day that included Mimi and Uncle Cory.  After our morning soccer games, we headed out to Hilliard to explore the corn maze and to get us all out of the house.  We are all a little anxious and stir crazy waiting on baby girl's arrival, so the busier the better. 

First up was the cow train in which Allison picked the appropriately names "Sugar" cow.  And Jack picked the cow with the smallest opening for him to ride in with Uncle Cory. 

That is why we sucker the uncle into riding the cow train with our kids.  Hopefully he won't remember this moment next year...

While we were waiting for the cow train to pull into the station, we got a nice visit from the donkey who lived in the pen we were resting beside.  Allison and Jack enjoyed petting his backside.  Thank goodness for metal fences and tame donkeys.  Feel free to insert donkey jokes here, I have a few captions that I think would be funny, but not necessarily appropriate. 

There are animals all over this farm and while we waited for the hayride, Jack got to know this horse.  It was a very vocal horse and Jack though it was hilarious to hear a real horse neigh.  It was a lot louder than he expected!

Daddy and his kiddos

Feeding the cows

The highlight of the hayride is feeding the herd of cows that eat hay all day long, every ten minutes or so as each hayride passes by.  Jack initially threw his handful of hay onto the back of a cow proceeding to really peg it with it's morning snack.  With a little coaxing, he did feed them properly.  Allison was in the mix from the beginning and was gathering as much hay as she could to feed the cows.

 

 

Happy Cows

Next up was the petting area where Jack and Allison both took affinity to the three legged goat.  Both of them fed it so much food that it couldn't finish what they were offering. 

Horseback riding is always a favorite.  This horse's name is "Belle" and she is pregnant, but she didn't mind giving my kiddos a few laps around the ring. 

After a good BBQ lunch we headed out to the corn maze with our sheet of clues to navigate with.  Allison and Jack were very excited this year and we actually figured out all the clues and made it past all ten points to get through the maze. 

Maximizing Allison's reading skills, she would read the clue and we would all figure it out together.

All in all we had an "A-Maize-Ing" time!  The kids were caked with dirt and sweat by the end of the day and of course exhausted.  Mission accomplished for us all and a fun fall day to boot!