Hee Haw Farms

 A friend of mine hooked me up with some discount tickets to Hee Haw Farms- a little family run business that offers a corn maze, a petting zoo, tractor pulled hay rides, a pumpkin patch, a hay bale playground and a few other fun things. I brought Rudy and my niece, whom I'll call Cutie for the sake of privacy. It was my first outing with a toddler and a baby (albeit 9 month old, not infant), and it was a BLAST! All three of us thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. My favorite part was the corn maze, Cutie's was probably a tie between the corn maze and the hay ride (she liked all the bumps associated with both), and Rudy's was hands down the hay ride. He was riding behind a real tractor, driven by a real farmer. What's more, the farmer even let him sit on it and pretend to drive at the end. It was probably the highlight of Rudy's month. :)

 Rudy leading the way, armed with 'swords' to hunt some monsters in the 'corn jungle'. We had a blast hearing pretend roars and tracking monsters through the maze.

 Here's Rudy on a hot trail. :)

 Unfortunately, the big white rabbit that hopped out of the stalks right next to Rudy had hopped back out of sight by the time I got this picture taken, but that's what Rudy's watching. He did really well at staying still and quiet so as not to startle the rabbit-I was really impressed.

 Aren't these ears beautiful?

 Rudy collecting 'magic' corn pieces. Apparently, when we found the monster we were hunting, all we would have to do was throw a magic corn piece at it and it would either go "KER-PUFFLE!" or turn into a nice monster. Or both, depending on Rudy's fancy at the moment.

 Rudy with his pumpkin he picked right off the vine. I was a bit disappointed with the pumpkin patch-it was really weed infested-like looking for a pumpkin in a patch of morning glory and crab grass. But we did OK, and it was still fun. :)

 At the hay bale playground, they had a big bin full of corn. What a great tactile experience for all of us-I gotta tell you, sitting in a bunch of dried corn is quiet comfortable!

 On the hay ride.

Rudy on Good Lookin', the tractor. He must have felt 10 feet tall to get to sit up there, and 'drive'. What a nice guy, to have taken the time to give my son such a memorable experience!