Last weekend my family made our yearly pumpkin hunting trip to Spooner Farms in the Valley. There's a lot more to do than just pick out a pumpkin at Spooner Farms and it's become something of a tradition for us.
My five year old led the way as we took in all the sights, starting with the activity barn. The activity barn held several pens of chickens, quail and turkeys for the kids to see and had a coloring area as well. Then we were off to see the goats, mini donkeys and the pony ride.
Once he burned off some steam we hit the 5 acre corn maze. This year's theme was "honey I shrunk the kids" and they had it dressed up as though we were tiny insects inside a giant world. Spooner hands you a map to the maze with instructions to find 6 stations hidden inside. Each station has a hole punch for the map. If you find all 6, you win a candy prize at the end. We stuck to the game plan and found each station with relative ease this year.
Once we cleared the maze and collected our rewards, it was time to pick out a pumpkin. Always up for an adventure, my son found his perfect pumpkin in a large mud puddle.
As any Dad would do, I waded in there and grabbed his "perfect pumpkin". :)
If you are still in the hunt for the perfect pumpkin, you may want to give Spooner Farms a visit, it's a blast!
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