Anderson Farms

    Due to Parent/Teacher conferences, the kids had another Thursday and Friday off from school. My sister wanted to take the kids to a new pumpkin patch that we had not been to before.  Ashlyn went up to the cabin, so she wasn't able to join us.  We ventured up to Anderson Farms which is north of Denver.  It was quite the drive, but so worth it!  Anderson Farms is the Mecca of all pumpkin patches!  It is huge and there is so much to do there.  The corn maze alone is 30 acres big!  We were a little overwhelmed because it was so much bigger than the pumpkin patch we usually go to.  We went to the corn maze first and spent over an hour looking for clues.  The kids really had fun in the beginning, but they soon got tired from all the walking.  It was super warm that day and it was almost 80 degrees! We did a good job finding clues, but there were two we never found and had to eventually give up because they kids were done with the corn maze!

      After the corn maze, we took a tractor ride to the pumpkins.  I was amazed as to how many pumpkins they had out there.  Wow!  The tractor ride was a lot of fun.  The kids also had a great time playing at the all the playground areas they had.  

   We could have stayed all day long, but we didn't want to fight Friday afternoon Denver traffic.  Before we left, we went and watched the pumpkin launcher.  That was quite the experience!  They launch pumpkins out of a canon and they fly pretty far.  The kids thought that was the coolest thing in the world.  I think we will definitely make a trip to Anderson Farms next year.  There is just so much to do and such an awesome farm to visit.  Hopefully next time, we will get a chance to check out more of what they have to offer.  

Perfect fall farm

Heading into the corn maze

The tractor rides

This tower of tires was very entertaining to the kids

Finding clues in the maze

Searching for clues

On the tractor ride

Pumpkins as far as the eye could see

They picked some good ones!

Pretty full cart!

More pumpkins

Gracie enjoying the sucker she got for a treat

Ella insisted that I take her picture too!

The pumpkin launcher