So we took the kids to the farm this past weekend and they picked pumpkins, went on a hayride and got to go through a corn maze.
I enjoyed it but my husband and I probably would've had more fun if we had left those jokers at home!
I say that because when kids get over 10 years old they become way too concerned about what other people think and say. Now those same 11-13 yr olds like getting costumes and wearing them at home and when we told them they had to wear them to the farm to get a free hayride, they were on board.
UNTIL we got there...
All of a sudden they are looking at me and my husband cross-eyed!
They were embarrassed because only smaller children seem to be wearing costumes. (So!)
Now we have 5 kids with us most of the time because #6 is away at college but they are ages 11, 12,13,13,13 (proud blended family) SO as expensive as things can be we try to save as much as possible so they can have a good time but all of this effort sometimes go unappreciated.
Fortunately, it was a beautiful sunny, crisp day with plenty of families enjoying the farm. They eventually loosened up and had a good time eating doughnuts, drinking hot chocolate and they brought pumpkins home.
I took plenty of pictures and fell in love with sunflowers and daydreamed of living on a farm with a big yellow Labrador Retriever sitting on my porch with a pumpkin patch, a corn maze and thousands of visitors coming through my home daily and suddenly I had a headache and was thankful for my little life.......
If you're ever in Southern New Jersey go for a visit:
Johnsons Farm
133 Church Road, Medford,NJ
www.johnsonsfarm.com
