Washington Farms Pumpkin Patch

Fall break fun continues!

We headed out to Washington Farms for our annual Pumpkin Patch adventure!

First we started the hour long process of choosing a pumpkin.




Mikaela's stiff criteria: she had to be able to carry it to the carry it back to












the wheel barrow.

Xander's stiff criteria: it had to be bigger than Mikaelas!

Criteria set, off we set into the pumpkin patch. After much deliberation, the most perfect 2 specimens were chosen.

Next, it was to the trike race - each man was on his own!

Then to the PVC pipe slide - now someone is really making some money off a redneck idea here! One slide you go down inside a big piece of plastic piping. The other slide is several smaller pipes attached to boards so that they go "bump bump bump" on your way down. The sound effects are the true joy. About half way through our slide time, it was discovered - if you yell "AAAAHHHHH" really loud - it comes out "AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAAA HHHH HHHHH HHHH" on the way down!

My favorite - the corn box (ie a faux sand box). Big wooden box full of - you guess it kernels of hard corn. Yes - babies, try throwing that in your hair. No worries for mama at shampoo time tonight!

Xander's favorite is the petting zoo. Big Pigs - I don't think he needs that "Don't feed me" sign - he pretty much preaches it! Rabbits, goats, cows, donkeys, and turkeys.

"Ladies and Gentlefolks make your way over to the Taladega speedway in 10 minutes for the pig race." No way were we missing that! Each pig worn its own colored bandanna. The crowd was handed bandannas to use to root for their pig - Stinky Feet, and other themed named pigs raced to the finish. Now - in case you too were wondering how they pull that off. They spend all summer teaching the pigs to run around the circle for a reward of.......chocolate milk! I see a race car future in Xander!

Up next, the cow train. You have never had a relaxing ride until you have squeezed your oversized rear end into a barrel decorated like a cow. Then ride around a farm, pulled by a teenager with a new driver's license driving a John Deere tractor!

We ended our activities with the hay ride - Sit down on your bottom , keep your hands inside!

The Thrailkill family ended the perfect outing with our favorite picnic - Zaxby's chicken fingers (don't forget the Zax's sauce!) and doritos! YUMMY!