Saturday, September 18, 2010

Fun on the farm--Simply Amaizin' 2010

Hey! What's in there?
It's the fun we had at the Simply Amaizin' farm and corn maze, that's what! This is the absolute neatest place to take the kids.  Paul and I were looking for something fun to do with the boys today and since Paul had never been, I suggested the corn maze.  Sarah and I discovered it when they first opened 3 years ago and have taken the kids every year --so hopefully she can forgive me for getting out there a bit early in the season without her. There is so much to do!  It really is like visiting Grandma's farm.  There are critters just about everywhere. 

I mean where else within 3 miles of the house can you hang out with the turkeys,

get nose to nose with the pigs,


or love on random yard dogs?

Only at the Simply Amaizin' farm!

After visiting with all the animals for a bit we headed out to the corn maze.
I think this year's maze is pared down a bit from last year.  (Sarah & I got lost in the one last year and had to plow our own path outta there.)  They do give you a map but I must warn you that it helps NONE!  Once you're stuck in there every path looks the same and you wind your way in circles.  Luckily this year Paul, the fearless boy scout, was in charge of the trek.  Thanks honey for having some sense of direction.  


This little kitty followed us the whole way through the maze.  Luke wouldn't walk ahead until she was right there with us.  She is one of 4 new kittens on the farm.

After we found our way out of the maze we sat at one of the picnic tables, had
a quick lunch, then off to the "building in progress" kids area.  The boys loved it!  You can sit in the little chairs cut out of logs and build things with scrap wood.  Quite a hit with the Bowman Boys!
It was such a fun time!  So if you're looking for a getaway to the farm that's close to home I highly recommend the Simply Amaizin' corn maze on Hwy N.  

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Luke & Amelia (Part 2)

On Monday my friend Sarah and I got together to practice setting up some different props & poses for pictures with newborns.  We had 4 out of our 6 children in school and thought it would be an easy time with just Luke (22 mos) and Amelia (10 mos) with us.  Since we didn't have a newborn on hand (anyone want to let us borrow yours?)  we used one of Avery's baby dolls as our "model."  Needless to say the easy time we were thinking of having with just Luke and Amelia was no easy time at all.  Those two little people wreaked havoc on our mock photo session ---stealing the props, climbing in and out of them and also gnawing on our newest "client."  I called this blog Luke & Amelia Part 2 because Sarah had the cutest entry about this same event on her blog.  You can see it here.  It was a fun time though and we just had to laugh at the chaos that was our practice session.  Here's a few pics from our day.

Amelia chewing on our newest client.

This gal is much more lively than our other little "model!"

Talk about tipping the scales.  Right after I took this Amelia tipped the scale over.  Luckily we caught her before she bonked her head on the wall.

Luke actually played along for a very short while.

Amelia wanted some attention from Mommy.

Luke's favorite prop was the yellow trunk.