One of my favorite traditions in the fall is taking the girls to Black Island Farms and this year was no different. They were so excited after looking at pictures from last year and talked about it for the entire week before we went and it didn't disappoint. Im so glad that one of the girls I work with continues to put things like this together. There ended up being about 100 of us with moms and kids! This year our friends Steph and Alice joined us for a great time. While we waited for our turn for the pumpkin picking ride we killed some time by taking pictures.
Then it was our turn for our trailer ride. The kids were so excited but unfortunately once we got on they took another 10 minutes getting us moving but with some fruit snacks and some jumping we all made it through. There were cheers from both moms and kids when we started to move!
On our way to the patch the farmer stopped to show the kids the carrot and cabbage patch and talked about how you make then grow best and different fun facts. When we got to the patch each of us were supposed to pick a pumpkin and then raise our hand so the farmer could come cut it off the stem. Gracie was pretty quick to find hers and then proceeded to change her mind 5 different times but this is the one she finally settled on but later decided she liked mine better which I had chosen thinking she might change her mind so we traded.
Hallie on the other hand took her time finding just the one she thought would be perfect and once she decided there was no going back
Once everyone had found a pumpkin we loaded back up. The weather was quite nice but the wind was blowing constantly it made it really difficult to get a good picture
Here is Gracie's pumpkin she decided on and I was happy for that since I ended up at one point carrying all of them but luckily both girls had picked good pumpkins that they could both carry pretty easily.
Once we got back we took the pumpkins to the car and then headed out for the rest of the activities.
I was overall pretty disappointed with the animal part this year this goat was pretty much what we saw for animals minus the donkeys that we got to later but the girls all had a great time holding tight to their corn stock so he couldn't get it in one bite! It looked a lot like tug o war and at times the girls were laughing so hard I don't think they were really hanging on.
We did swings and slides nect but I must have been having so much fun I forgot to take a picture. Hallie loved the bigger slides as did Gracie once she watched Hallie go down a few times. They are getting so big! No one needed help climbing the cargo net this year it has been a long time since that happened it made me kinda sad! The we stopped by to ride the cow train. We got there at a perfect time there was no line so the kids got to go a couple times in a row and the driver even took them on a longer ride since there was no line....they thought that was great.
We also did the bounce house briefly and played in the corn pit for some time before we took a potty break and found these sweet friends. I was a little nervous since there were signs everywhere that said to be careful they would bite you but they were great with the kids. They fed them carrots and got to pet them.
By this time they were starting to open up the night time events and open a big steep slide. The kids wanted to go on it so badly so I stayed with our friends baby while she took them and then we traded. Here is Hallie....they loved it so much by the time we got to the bottom they were back to the top again. We continued this cycle for about 20 minutes before the line started to really get long and we called it a night
Here is Steph with her little girl and Gracie their 1st time down
Here is our group shot...not the greatest but we were all tired and I was just glad no one objected to having another picture after 4 hours of playing in the sun and dirt
On the way home we stopped by Papa Murphys to grab pizza for dinner since they have a new gluten free pizza crust. By the time we waited and for what we paid we might as well have had Pizza Hut but that is a note to remember for next time. When we got home we all got in the tub while our pizza cooked and then we ate pizza, watch a show, and then headed for bed. It was a great but exhausting day. Matt is once again out of town so Im grateful for days like today when I can get out and visit with other adults and have a great time. Makes the time he is gone go so much faster. I really love Black Island Farms and can't wait to take them again next year. I love my girls and the time we get to spend together making memories and building our relationship.
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