If It Is (Almost) Fall Then We Must Go to Cox Farms

On Saturday we went to Cox Farms. I have been going with Wesley and Lydia every fall since 2007. In 2008 we went two times. This was Chris' first time to go since we always went during the week. I feel like kindergarten is really cutting down on my fun time with the kids, but it was great to go to Cox Farms with Chris. We had a coupon for two free admissions (a $30 value) on the preview weekend. I was very pleased that it wasn't overly crowded.

Here we are on the hayride. Of course, Wesley and Lydia had do the hayride twice.
Josiah on his first hayride.
This wagon used to be a school bus. The suspension made for a less bumpy ride.
Wesley on one of the rope swings.
I was impressed with how well Lydia could pull herself up on the rope.
Wesley milked a cow.
Lydia milked the cow also.
It was such a beautiful day yesterday. Josiah on his first slide.
Wesley and Lydia love the movie so they were happy to pose for this picture.
The corn maze was fun. We did the vortex over and over. In the vortex you walk on a bridge as lights spin around the bridge making it feel like you are spinning.
We did the corn maze twice.
Wesley and Lydia with one of the pirates. There was a fork in the road.
We were a little nervous letting Wesley hold Josiah in the big chair.
Josiah was awake but I think he was closing his eyes because the kids were looking into the sun.

Wesley and Lydia loved the farm chores area. They spent a lot of time catching the corn in buckets.

Once their buckets were full, they dumped the corn on the conveyor belt.

Lydia really enjoyed milking this cow. When Wesley squatted down beside of her, she immediately squirted him.

One of the less glamorous jobs at the farms - refilling the cow.

Josiah and Daddy waited patiently for Wesley and Lydia to do the farm chores.

Here is Chris on one of the slides.

In the past, the goats have been very aggressive. Both kids were usually very afraid of them. On Saturday I think the goats were very well fed by the time we went over to feed them. They didn't seem hungry at all.

Another picture of Josiah and Daddy.

Looks like Lydia was having fun on this slide!

Here is a video of Chris and all of our kids on the big slide. I am embarrassed to post this because you can hear Wesley saying, "I beated! I beated!" I haven't heard him say that before and we will have to try to teach him the grammatically correct way to boast. While we are at it, we should probably go over what cheating is again.

We were there for six hours and left when they closed. It was a fun but exhausting day.