Sweet Berry Farm Corn Maze

Fall is in the air, even in Texas. Today it was a cool 70 degrees. Perfect for taking a trip to Marble Falls and the the Sweet Berry Farm, about an hour west of Cedar Park. Kellie and I picked the kids up from school and surprised them by saying we were going to Marble Falls. They didn't know we were going to the maze until we arrived. It's cool when these kind of surprises work out (which is rarely). When we got there we took a tractor pulled hay ride to the Texas shaped maze. The kids got a kick out of all the hay on our bums and Dani made sure we all knew it was a bumpy ride.
Once we got to the maze, we checked out the map of Texas and noted where all 10 of the cities that we were supposed to find were located. Then we set off. We started in pairs, each with a mom, but after about 15 minutes we found it to be more fun going around in a big group. After about an hours worth of searching, we found all 10 cities. Surprisingly, we didn't happen across the same city more than twice, unless we were trying to because someone missed it.

When we were all done, because we found all the cities, we were each rewarded with a soda. The maze is on about 4 acres and seems to go on forever. The kids all had a great time. It's was a super alternative to going to the haunted house, especially for the "little" faint of heart. I can now pat myself on the back for doing something "cool" for Halloween with the kids, especially since this is a first.

Next we were off to the pumpkin patch. Each of the kids picked out their own pumpkin. For a minute we weren't sure if Berkeley was going to pick one out. A bee flew onto his can of Sprite and he flipped out! He has a strong aversion to the sweet little pests. After being stung twice this summer, at Nana's bee hives, he doesn't like them at all. After calming him down a little, he picked out a perfectly sized (small) pumpkin, while Brooke kept lugging around this huge one. She was determined to have a big pumpkin. The one she got turned out to be around 15 lbs as it was.