“Mom!”  she yells from the living room as she continues, “Let’s goooooo!”

My 11 year old is ready for an adventure this afternoon, but it isn’t just any ole adventure.  She is ready for some Halloween fun!

I imagine we’ll begin with the corn maze adventure.  This is where we will surely get lost and have to call for assistance from those looking down from their hideaway spots at all of us below scurrying around like ants after someone has stepped in their bed.  Here and there we’ll go, unsure of the way out, and finally we’ll laugh, look up, and say, “Help!”  Then they will give hints on which way we should go to finally see the exit!  We will run as fast as we can, with great relief, and vow to never do that again … until next year!

My husband isn’t a big fan of corn mazes, by the way.

Next up, I’m sure, will be the duck races.  My daughter likes the old fashioned pumps.  You have to use both of your hands to pump, pump, pump water into a PVC pipe that has been cut in half.  You’ll see the little yellow duck as it gets pushed further down the pipe with every pump you provide.

I can just see her running to the long, high-in-the-sky slide, too!  She loves going through the black tunnel exclaiming, “Weeeeee ….” the entire way down!  She’ll land at the end with this huge smile spread across her face and say, “I want to do it again!”  And … she will.

Then we’ll end up in the pumpkin patch to find THE perfect pumpkin to take home with us.  Pumpkin carving is a must this time of year.  And so we will pick the perfect pumpkin, carve it, and display for all of our visitors to see … right there on the steps of the front porch.  Yes … we … will!

They also have the neatest, largest inflatable “horses” that you can climb up on.  In order to get your horse to walk, though, you have to use your legs to push yourself up and then bounce around the track.  That was THE most fun when we went before!  We had the best time laughing about how silly we looked, especially when one of us bounced too hard and ended up falling off of our “horse.”

OH and let’s not forget the horse swings offered, too!

What could be better than all of this Halloween fun?  A hay ride and then topping it off with hot, freshly boiled peanuts … yum!!  That is a must in the South!

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