Cornbelly's

In the spirit of the season and knowing the weather was likely to turn foul, we went to Cornbelly's on Friday.  Although we did many of the same things on Wednesday at Hee Haw Farms, it was great to be outside.  The children ran around and enjoyed all the different activities in spite of the fact that there were 7,452 other children and their field trip chaperones.

And old firetruck that was a huge hit with Brandt and Crew.  

When several other children approached to climb in, Brandt closed the doors.

Brandt was pretty serious about the driving.  

He asked where the key was.

Griffin and Brandt.

Ava and Blythe.  

I'm not sure what Blythe is supposed to be in this picture.

Ava, Blythe, Crew, Griffin, and Brandt

All members of some strange corn family.

Sliding

 

Choo choo training

 

More sliding

On a mini train ride that took us through the corn.

It took me three pictures to get all Tysen's children looking at me, and then Ava had her eyes closed. 

 

Enjoying the ride.

    

Funny scarecrows we saw along the way.

This is "The Creature," a giant inflated monster you can walk into.

Inside it is very dark with sound effects like a heart beating and the rumble of digestion.

Brandt wanted to go in, so we did.  He lasted about a minute and a half before he said,

"Go out Katherine! I'm scared."

He really was; he mentioned it to Kent as he was going to bed.

Look at this enormous horse Blythe is sitting on.

She sat on it twice.  

Was she scared?  No.

Did she scream? No.

This horse has got to be four times bigger than Chester, but it doesn't move.  

I'm pretty sure that's the difference.

Brandt as the driver of the carriage the big horse is pulling.

 

We took another hay ride.  

I love a good hay ride.

 

Apparently Blythe loves a good hay ride too.

She got into this one--literally.

Lyla, Tysen, Ava, and Shaley

Giant jumping pillows I practically had to pull the children off.

Too fun.  

How can we get one of these in our back yard?

  

Griffin and Blythe jumped together, threw each other down, then wrestled.

I really think we need a jumping pillow.

 

The cow train.

Blythe is riding in Daisy, Brandt in Gertie. 

The man pulling the cow train with a tractor asked the children,

"How do you make a cow go?  You say, 'Moo!' So everyone say, 'Moo!'"

When the ride was over, Brandt said to me, 

"You don't say 'moo' to get these cows to go.  The man drives the tractor, then they go."

Our bright boy; he wasn't born yesterday.