The Month of October, part III

I almost didn't post about this but thought I should throw in the little bit of fun we had too. Two days after the anniversary party we had a fun family activity. We went to Black Island Farms (just down the road in Syracuse) which is a working farm and in the fall becomes fair-like. It is quite pricey, in my opinion, but definitely fun and you can spend several hours there.

They had:

• Animals you can buy food for and feed over a fence
• Mini-maze for toddlers made out of hay bales



• Giant slide and two medium slides made from hay bales and giant sheets of plastic

• Tube slide with a tower
• Paint ball gallery (for an extra $1)




• Corn husk shooter (for an extra $1)
• Tractor-pulled train for little kiddos
• Dried corn kernel "sand"-box





• Toddler slide
• Pumpkin shaped bounce-house
• Pig-races
• Concession stand
• Kid corn maze
• Regular corn maze
• Pumpkin patch "hay"-ride

(This was after picking pumpkins on the way back. I love this pic! lol!)

• Vegetables for sale

We did all these things except for the train ride and corn husk shooter. We had a good time except by the time we did the pumpkin patch thing, everyone else was too, and we had to wait a while and then it was dark.

We told the kids very clearly while we were waiting our turn that they must pick a pumpkin that they can carry themselves because Daddy and Mommy cannot carry the pumpkins and Garrett and make it to the van. So we get off the tractor and within 1 minute Savannah found her pumpkin and sat on it. It was probably one of the biggest ones in the field. It had to be, but I couldn't really see in the dark. Well, she got it anyway and it was quite tricky getting everyone off the tractor and to the van. In fact, Garrett didn't even get a pumpkin because it was pretty much impossible to carry 6 pumpkins plus one kid with two adults.

Anyway, it was fun and was nice to get out as a family and do something out of the ordinary, and especially nice after the party and before costume craziness.