Corn Maze

Fall officially began this week and to get into the spirit, we decided to go to the Corn Maze at the  botanic gardens. We decided to check out some of the activities and save the corn maze for last. Marina started out on the jumping pillow. She had fun jumping around and playing with some of the other kids there. She met a little boy who was afraid to try the pillow. So Marina took him by the hand, his father took his other hand and they led him onto the pillow. After a while, he didn’t want to go on with our her!

Next Marina wanted to try the inflatable balls. It was an extra charge, but she talked me into by telling me, ”It will great for photos!” She was loved it from the beginning. She was in the ball for a pretty long time. When it was time for her to come out, she gave me a sad face.

We found a picnic table and sat down for lunch. Marina needed a rest from all the physical activity. We ate our sandwiches and talked with the people who were sharing their table. We got in line for the wagon rides, which moved fairly slowly. Marina said she didn’t want to go, but when we rode by the huge pumpkin patch, she was pretty excited. After our ride, she said she was ready to go.

Marina didn’t want to go into the corn maze, but I told her we should at least try it. Inside was a search for six animals. We made good progress through the maze and found four animals. When we got halfway through, we started to walk a bit in circles. As we were trying to get out, we ran into one of  Marina's school friends and her family. We all decided to try to find out way our together. Unfortunately, that didn’t help much. We walked in circles for what felt like a long time. Then we finally found our way out – the same way we came in!


Her friend’s family was had just arrived, so they were headed toward the activities we had already done. Marina wanted to go with them, until I reminded her how tired she was. Once she decided she was ready to go, she couldn’t get to the car fast enough.