Down on the Farm.

With the coming of fall, means the coming of all of the local farms, pumpkin patches, corn mazes and petting zoos. Our church had a family night at one of the local corn mazes recently, and since Connor was sick, I took Brayden on a "corn maze date night". I was a bit hesitant about the entire situation... Brayden and a corn maze by myself doesn't quite sound like a pleasant evening. I think God heard my prayers for peace that night, and Brayden was an absolute GEM. It was such a little glimpse for me of what's to come. Not that I don't think we won't have hard days when he grows out of the terrible twos, but I definitely had a full heart enjoying my oldest baby without temper tantrums & implosions. Here a few pictures I snapped while we were there....



our first stop was the petting zoo. He was a happy camper, can you tell?

running after the herd of lambs

this picture just makes me laugh.


CHEESE!

poor pony... almost had it's eye poked out


after the petting zoo, we took a break and had a little "snack". It was his first sprite EVER.

he was a fan :)

next Brayden tackled the GINORMOUS mulch mound. I think this was his favorite, because when we got home it was the first thing he told Drew about.

still climbing...

king of the mountain!

just a bit of perspective on how tall it was

then he slid on down the back (another favorite)


he just wasn't sure about the scare crow

look at his face-- haha!

OF COURSE he'd smile for a stranger... of course.

they had a corn cannon. Or as Brayden called it "a corn gun." We came really close to winning a free hot dog...

waiting for his corn cob to get loaded

I braved the kids corn maze by myself with Brayden.



There was a family that was taking pictures of each other. I always offer to take pictures of families when I see them wanting pictures of each other... I know it's always nice to have that memory. The lady offered to take OUR picture, although she was a bit scared about holding my camera :) She did pretty good, and captured my life perfectly, wouldn't you say?


our next stop was BACK to the petting zoo. This time they had straw out for you to feed the goats. Brayden was in HEAVEN.



we ran into Brayden's buddy Jack while we were in the petting zoo. I hope that they stay buddies forever... aren't they the cutest?!



I'm almost positive that we'll be getting looks like this when they are 14.

getting them both to smile at the same time... is....

impossible. :)

riding off without parents. I was a bit nervous that Brayden would try to jump out (they drove all over the farm... out of sight!), but he did great!