Maw, Paw, and Junior
Haas, Ellie Mae, and Little Joe
After the trip to the Dairy, we decided to head over to the dairy farm for some Tennessee style festivities. Every Fall the Mayfield Dairy farm is open to the public. There is a farmers market that is open most of the year. They offer hayrides to the pumpkin patch a giant corn maze, a menagerie of farm animals to feed and/or pet and games such as the corn cob cannon, chunkin pumpkin, along with a myriad of unusual activities for all ages.
During our visit, A celebrity exhibition was underway, so went went right over. Upon our arrival, we found out it was the Hillbilly Pig Races. Celebrities in the event included famous country singer Lee Ann Pork Rinds and actor Kevin Bacon just to name a few. More amusing than the names were the kids participating in the event. Their mission was to run alongside the track to encourage the pigs to run the full lap. Nathan opted out of the excitement.
Here are the boy's "hamming it up"
We took a hayride to the pumpkin patch. Everyone picked out a pumpkin to take home.
This one is just my size
Andrew rolled his to the wagon
Emma had her eye on the prize. She's so competitive.
The kids wanted to try the corn cob cannon and the chunkin pumpkin games. Out of all the kids, it was Emma that was persistent about doing it.
Nathan chunkin pumpkin (squash actually)
I think the corn box was one of Andrew's favorite activities. When we got home Barret had a handful of corn rehydrated in his diaper :)
Have you ever made a corn angel?
I think the petting area was Emma's least favorite. A bunny mistakenly thought her fingers were slender parsnips.
No blood was drawn, but was overjoyed when her lower front tooth fell out while opening her water bottle with her teeth (I know... strange).
Overall, it was a fun day... A little muddy.... but fun.
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