Back in September the boys and I stopped by at Bishop's Orchards in Guilford, CT on the way home from Vovo Helen's house. Not realizing that they had a seasonal pumpkin patch and hay maze, our quick detour ended up lasting several hours.
First stop - pumpkin patch (one of my favorite photo settings)...Seamus tried to test his strength by picking up (and dropping) several pumpkins. Thankfully, none of them cracked open which would have forced us to buy more than one. Thomas was happy following right behind his big bro although he wasn't quite able to lift too many.
Next stop - hay throwing. The boys had a field day in this little precursor to the maze. They were awed by the big kids jumping off the hay stacks into a big pile of hay. Seamus and Thomas then relished in chasing each other and throwing hay in each others faces until Mom stepped in and mandated that hay be targeted from the neck down or else they faced eviction from the hay corral.
Final stop (before actually buying produce in the store) - hay maze. Well this topped everything. Within seconds Seamus was off. It was tough keeping up with him while chasing after Thomas who was also squealing with delight. The first occasion where Seamus got ahead of me and "lost" within the maze I thought I was going to have a heart attack. I'm calling his name and he's not answering and I'm running into dead ends. I had visions of Seamus getting snatched by some pedophile through the walls of the maze or getting bullied by some teenager. Fortunately we ran into each other, literally. Vowing to not lose sight of him again I raced after him with Thomas in my arms, but to no avail. He was off again only to squeal with delight when we happened upon each other again. By the third time he was off I was less frantic, but still continued my search. About 45 minutes later I had to snatch him up and remove him kicking and screaming so that we could get on our way home.
It was a ton of fun.
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