Fun at the Farm

Saturday was one of those beautiful sunny, yet crisp fall days. Perfect for some afternoon fun at the farm. The only thing that could have made it better is if we had done it as a family; Saturday we went with the girl scouts. This was at Ard's farm west of Lewisburg. City kid that I am, I had never gone in a corn maze before. And we only tackled the kiddie one at that. I would be up for wandering (with growing frustration, I am sure...) in the super-sized one. In addition to the corn mazes and zip lines there was a rope swing inside the "fun barn" and other types of maze activities as well as a corn cannon.

Oh, and a huge tunnel slide. This picture was taken from the top of the slide. There were also hay rides to the pumpkin patch, a bluegrass/country band playing and lots of food (which we didn't indulge in).

I must be mellowing in my old age. I really, really enjoyed this. There was a time when I wouldn't have taken the time to hang out and relax, instead preferring to send Nicole with the girl scouts and instead conspire as to how I could spend those couple of hours on me. Curled up under the covers? (Probably not, because I wasn't good at relaxing then, either. Don't laugh, I am getting better...)More likely clean through a couple more boxes, go to the Salvation Army, or just selfishly spend the time on myself.

But see what I would have missed! The sunshine, and not just the Indian Summer sunshine, but the sunshine spread all across Nicole's face. The fun, the joy, the connection. And isn't that what we all really want? And on Saturday, that's exactly what we had.