The Dental Student's Wife: A visit to the farm

A couple weeks back, my friend told me that a local farm had free admission for kids if they wore their Halloween costume. It was a farm that I had driven by in the past and wondered what it was like. Naturally, I jumped at the chance to get the kids in free. My only problem was finding costumes for all the kids so early in the month. I typically wait until the last week (or day) to figure out what to put my kids in. We threw a bunch of stuff together and came up with a Ritz box, a flamingo, a doctor, a lion, and a fairy. (yes, her skirt is a curtain.)

Being so early in the month, it was still hot. Those poor little kids in all the fuzzy costumes were dying in the heat. Halloween costumes definitely were not designed with AZ in mind! There was a dry storm blowing through that day, so it was slightly cooler than the previous week but mostly it was just dusty and windy!

We started out ~~petting~~ looking at the animals. The kids were not quite thrilled to be touching animal fur covered in dark colored mud. (I'm sure it was mud, right?)

After that, we went to a little play area and took a few pictures. Jayke was really trying to play the part of a cow, which is why he is scowling.

Next came the hay maze. Jayke and Ethan rushed through it because they could see exactly where they needed to go. Obviously it was designed with younger children in mind.

We went on a "hayride" around the farm, but half of the people got to see the surrounding businesses and parking lots and the other half got to look at empty, dry fields of dirt. :-( And everyone got straw all in their clothes. It was so itchy! Ryan even got a rash from just touching the straw. (I think I know where Ethan gets all his allergies from.)

The kids got to take some more pictures...