My Life as a Lawyer's Wife: Fun on the Farm

This past Saturday we made our annual trip to Conner's A-Maize-Ing Acres for some fall fun on the farm, and we had a great time! (See previous Conner's outings here and here.)

Howdy! Let's go have some fun!

First things first, Ellie wanted to play in the corn. So, she played in the corn.

Corn angels!

Meanwhile, E.J. roamed all over the place and even had himself his own personal little hoedown.

Standing in some hay and feeling pretty country

VIDEO: E.J.'s Hoedown

An excellent baby containment device

Next up was some fun with animals. Ellie was very excited to ride a horse again!

She seemed much more stable up there this year (no pun intended, ha)!

Watching the horses

Then, we visited with the rest of the animals. The bunnies were a particular hit, especially with E.J., who laughed every time he touched that rabbit and gave it roughly a billion adorable baby kisses.

E.J. and his favorite part of the farm: a bunny named Sophie!

Ellie with bunny Midnight and a mini-horse (whose name I cannot recall)

So happy in hay.

Heart to heart with a goat

Next up was pumpkin patch time! Ellie did a lot of awkward toddler smiling while E.J. went up and down the ramp to the country shop as many times as his little legs would carry him. Which is ALL THE TIMES.

E.J. in the pumpkin patch

Ellie in the pumpkin patch

Crazy girl

(Side Ellie story: a woman who worked at the farm complimented Ellie on her dress. She said, "What a pretty dress! Someone must really love you!" to which Ellie replied, "EVERYBODY loves me." Confidence, folks. She has it.)

Kids!

Then, it was time to ride some farm rides. Ellie and Eric rode the "tractor bike," then the three of them rode the barrel train.

Ellie and Eric on the bike

Ellie selected T-Bone for her ride...

...while the W. men opted for Duchess.

Train circling a tree!

Sweet little E.J. held on to his daddy's hands the whole way

After the train, we visited with the pigs.

They were a-grunting

Here, piggy piggy!

Our last big adventure was the hayride to the corn maze. We boarded the hayride and went a short distance, where we stopped and fed treats to the cows.

All aboard!

Here come the cows!

Cow tongue taking the treat from Ellie!

Feeding the cows

Then it was on to the corn maze. We did a very abbreviated version of the maze just to get a taste of it. The kids were getting hungry and tired by that point so we weren't feeling particularly ambitious. But, you know, cute pictures of kids in corn!