The kids are scheduled for a school trip to a pumpkin patch next week, but because Jay and I can't afford to take time off work on the same day when we don't HAVE to (i.e. we're not sick or vacationing), I'm going as the solo chaperone (we split field trip duties pretty equally throughout the year). Since Jay isn't going next week, we decided to do a family pumpkin patch trip this weekend, to someplace new! Our family pumpkin patch trips over the past 3 years have included Nichols-Boyd Farm (2009), Canton Corn Maze (2010), and Farmer Jim's (2011), so this year we headed WEST instead and went over the bridge (for the second time today - though this time not on foot!) to Louisiana to visit Curry Farms.
I have a LOT of photos from today (and these don't even include the ones that Jay took with his fancy camera and photographer's eye), so I'll just let them speak for themselves...
Recap for those locals considering visiting Curry Farms:
This place is definitely worth the drive! It's no further than Nichols-Boyd, it's just in the other direction. There is a LOT more for the kids to do (all ages, not just big kids). Cora was able to participate in everything except the pedal cars & tricycles, since she's too short to reach the pedals, and none of us paid to do the Pumpkin Chunkin' (but the kids probably couldn't have done that solo anyway). Activities included a big corn bin, hay bales for climbing, slides, swinging tunnels, petting zoo/animal viewing, corn maze, REAL pumpkin patch (great for photos), pre-picked pumpkin store (better for buying, so you didn't have to carry them around - although they did have wagons for that purpose if you're so inclined), caterpillar choo-choo "train" (little ones can ride in a parent's lap, 3-year-olds and up are definitely fine to ride solo - it doesn't go fast), adult AND kid sized bouncy horses, off-road tricycles, pedal cars and a race track, face painting, bean bag toss, an old truck decorated for portrait taking, hay rides, duck races, and a rubber tire horsey swing thingy (any kid big enough to hold on TIGHT can ride). The cost is $8 each (2 and under are free, though they let James in free too), but pumpkins cost extra. We ended up staying for 3.5 hours (crazy, right?!) because after picking out our pumpkins, the kids asked to go back and play again, and since we didn't have any previous engagements... They're open until 5pm, but we stayed until past 5:30 (they were having a birthday party, so they didn't kick us out), and the light at the end of the day would have been perfect for portraits (had we not already taken them, and had the kids still been clean). The kids seriously had a blast, there was lots for us adults to do too, and we think it's the best pumpkin patch we've been to yet!
I have a LOT of photos from today (and these don't even include the ones that Jay took with his fancy camera and photographer's eye), so I'll just let them speak for themselves...
Recap for those locals considering visiting Curry Farms:
This place is definitely worth the drive! It's no further than Nichols-Boyd, it's just in the other direction. There is a LOT more for the kids to do (all ages, not just big kids). Cora was able to participate in everything except the pedal cars & tricycles, since she's too short to reach the pedals, and none of us paid to do the Pumpkin Chunkin' (but the kids probably couldn't have done that solo anyway). Activities included a big corn bin, hay bales for climbing, slides, swinging tunnels, petting zoo/animal viewing, corn maze, REAL pumpkin patch (great for photos), pre-picked pumpkin store (better for buying, so you didn't have to carry them around - although they did have wagons for that purpose if you're so inclined), caterpillar choo-choo "train" (little ones can ride in a parent's lap, 3-year-olds and up are definitely fine to ride solo - it doesn't go fast), adult AND kid sized bouncy horses, off-road tricycles, pedal cars and a race track, face painting, bean bag toss, an old truck decorated for portrait taking, hay rides, duck races, and a rubber tire horsey swing thingy (any kid big enough to hold on TIGHT can ride). The cost is $8 each (2 and under are free, though they let James in free too), but pumpkins cost extra. We ended up staying for 3.5 hours (crazy, right?!) because after picking out our pumpkins, the kids asked to go back and play again, and since we didn't have any previous engagements... They're open until 5pm, but we stayed until past 5:30 (they were having a birthday party, so they didn't kick us out), and the light at the end of the day would have been perfect for portraits (had we not already taken them, and had the kids still been clean). The kids seriously had a blast, there was lots for us adults to do too, and we think it's the best pumpkin patch we've been to yet!
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Cute kiddos all around!! I'd love to hear more about it (i.e., was it worth the drive, money, time; geared more towards the older toddlers, etc). Glad you guys were able to go! Hate we missed out.
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