It's pumpkin picking time!
Well, it's pumpkin picking time for Analise, but Emery and Saba enjoyed going along for the ride. Especially since picking up a pumpkin for Analise involved running around a corn maze and taking a hay ride to a pumpkin patch.
The Maze was absolutely amazing - it was designed to celebrate Lubbock turning 100 years!
We walked all over the maze until we finally found our way out - thankfully, all along the way there were little clues to lead us in the right direction. All you had to do to get the clue was to answer a question correctly. Megan and Eric chose to answer questions about Texas history. Luckily, I realized that if we had to answer questions about Texas history we would never get out of the maze so I chose to answer questions about famous movies and books in order to get us through the maze - we got through without much difficulty until we got stuck wandering around the "y" for about 15 minutes! There were also bridges along the way so that we could climb up on top of them and look around to get an idea of where we were - that was helpful.
Saba stayed scrunched in her sling most of the way (where she could sleep and stay away from the wind)!
But she did wake up for the hayride out to the pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin for Ana
Picking out Ana's pumpkin was quite the feat...but eventually she was able to pick up a pumpkin that was meant just for her!
With Emery's help of course!
We ended our time at At'l Do Farms with a wild ride on the Moo Train - apparently a Moo Train is pretty common around Lubbock, but it was definitely a new experience for Saba and me!
I was able to see how exciting Saba found the ride by the way she ever so gracefully sucked her tongue throughout the entire ride. Honestly, I could tell that all Saba wanted to do was nurse on the Moo Train, but I quickly told her that the only nursing that takes place on a Moo Train involves a cow and udders...she quickly forgot the nursing and focused on sucking on her tongue to take off the edge.
It was a fantastic "first fall" experience! Saba was able to experience her first pumpkin patch, her first hay ride and her first corn maze all in one afternoon - it was awesome!
Well, it's pumpkin picking time for Analise, but Emery and Saba enjoyed going along for the ride. Especially since picking up a pumpkin for Analise involved running around a corn maze and taking a hay ride to a pumpkin patch.
The Maze was absolutely amazing - it was designed to celebrate Lubbock turning 100 years!
We walked all over the maze until we finally found our way out - thankfully, all along the way there were little clues to lead us in the right direction. All you had to do to get the clue was to answer a question correctly. Megan and Eric chose to answer questions about Texas history. Luckily, I realized that if we had to answer questions about Texas history we would never get out of the maze so I chose to answer questions about famous movies and books in order to get us through the maze - we got through without much difficulty until we got stuck wandering around the "y" for about 15 minutes! There were also bridges along the way so that we could climb up on top of them and look around to get an idea of where we were - that was helpful.
Saba stayed scrunched in her sling most of the way (where she could sleep and stay away from the wind)!
But she did wake up for the hayride out to the pumpkin patch to pick out a pumpkin for Ana
Picking out Ana's pumpkin was quite the feat...but eventually she was able to pick up a pumpkin that was meant just for her!
With Emery's help of course!
We ended our time at At'l Do Farms with a wild ride on the Moo Train - apparently a Moo Train is pretty common around Lubbock, but it was definitely a new experience for Saba and me!
I was able to see how exciting Saba found the ride by the way she ever so gracefully sucked her tongue throughout the entire ride. Honestly, I could tell that all Saba wanted to do was nurse on the Moo Train, but I quickly told her that the only nursing that takes place on a Moo Train involves a cow and udders...she quickly forgot the nursing and focused on sucking on her tongue to take off the edge.
It was a fantastic "first fall" experience! Saba was able to experience her first pumpkin patch, her first hay ride and her first corn maze all in one afternoon - it was awesome!
2 comments:
Who knew that Lubbock had so many amazing things to do?? Why go see my brother in Scottsdale when I can drive down from Norman to Lubbock??
The picture of the three beautiful children in the pumpkin board has got to be the cutest photo I have ever seen!!!! Dereje must be really missing his little Saba Waba.
Thanks for keeping me entertained, Susan's friend, Rachel
Saba is getting so big. I wish we had cool things like pumpkin patches and mazes here in Melbourne! Are you dressing her up for Halloween?
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