Today we had another gorgeous day around here in Oregon. The
weather has been simply amazing with temperatures in the 80’s…it seriously
doesn’t even feel like October, although I hear that will be changing soon and
our normal rainy weather will be returning soon.
Last Sunday Wayne was busy working (harvesting more grapes)
so I took the kids to several different places for our mini ‘stay-cation’ – one
of them being The MAiZE up on Sauvie Island. None of us had ever been up on Sauvie
Island before, so it was quite the adventure. It was a little bit of a drive
for us, but we all stopped for coffee and then split up into teams and played “slug
bug” counting with all of the VW Bugs that we saw. (Do you remember playing
that when you were a kid?) Anyways, the corn Maize was amazing – it was split up into two
sections which were great with little ones. We actually only made it past the
first half because it was so incredibly hot that day – we had to have a break
and get some drinks.
The MAiZE was a lot of fun because you could pick from a
list of themed cue cards, where you would get to a number inside of the maze
that correlated with a question on the card so you’d know which way to turn.
The cards we chose had questions that were easy enough for all of the kids to
answer, but there were more challenging themed cards you could pick from as
well.
After our MAiZE adventure we ventured out into the rest of
the pumpkin patch, where there was an animal farm, a little market, a variety
of food vendors, and some other kids activities like a hay bale pyramid and
tractor rides.
We ate some lunch and then went on a free hay ride over to
pick out some pumpkins. The kids know that whatever they pick they have to hall
out themselves – so Noah picked an adorable 2.5 pound pumpkin, Emma got a cute
7.5 pound pumpkin, and Anika dragged a 21 pound pumpkin with her. She had to
set it down every couple of minutes, but she made it!
I ended up purchasing this cool warted looking pumpkin from
their market as well as a Cinderella pumpkin that is blue (I’d never seen one
before!) as well as some apple cider and other goodies.
We spent the entire afternoon hanging out in the beautiful sunshine. I absolutely love pumpkin patches and the
fall…I think it’s the beautiful days, the soccer, celebrations, Halloween, and
of course the impending holidays. It very well may be my favorite time of year.
If you live in the Portland area here’s a coupon for $2.00 off The MAiZE that you can use on your next visit!
~Melissa
*Full Disclosure: I was given complimentary passes to The MAiZE in exchange for my review. No other compensation was given. As always all opinions are 100% my own. *
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