Anyone who knows me at all, knows that I love Fall and I have an obsession with pumpkin patches. The love quite honestly started before I had kids, but having kids gave me the incentive to go. The first time I ever went to a pumpkin patch, I went very begrudgingly. I rolled my eyes and said, "This is such an Iowa thing to do. Pay money to walk through corn." Who knew I'd end up loving it!?
I'm gearing up for a fun season with the boys. I have them all week, but every other weekend. So, we're going to hit up a couple of my favorite patches, and maybe even check out another one I've been wanting to visit for a few years. Thinking about patches, made me go back and look through pictures over the year (and I have A LOT). I decided I'd write a post about all of the ones we've visited, but then I realized I have way too much to say, so I'm breaking it up into a few posts.
I thought it would be fun to rank them from my least favorite to my favorite. We've been to 8 pumpkin patches (although to my favorites multiple times!).
Tonight I will post about the 3 that just haven't piqued my pumpkin love as much as the others.
*Disclaimer: These are solely my own opinions, don't be hating on me!
8. Coming in last place, is Bart's Farm in Marion, Iowa.
This little patch is right down the road from my parent's house. It's very small, but it's also free. I know a lot of people who enjoy going there, but for me it's just lackluster. There's a small petting zoo, a very small maze (I think?), and a few good photo ops. You'll only spend 20-30 minutes there, tops.
7. Cottonwood Farm in Lockport, IL
I almost feel bad placing this near the bottom, but I only visited there once when Daniel was a baby. My cousin, her sister-in-law and I took our boys. It was the perfect weather. It was a nice sized farm, with a hayrack ride, animals and a cute little playground. It was actually a fun day, just not one I'd go back to often. (This was also the day my cousin tried to kill us...but proved she had excellent brakes. I've never let her live it down!)
6. Big M in Taylorville, IL
Okay, hear me out...this is a great little pumpkin patch to spend a couple of hours at. I don't know what it is, but it's just not my favorite. I've never even taken James there. I've taken Daniel twice.
The first time I took him, he freaked the heck out on the hay ride and so I got us off in the patch, and walked back to the farm because he thought the tractor was going to eat us or something.
The second time, we had fun. James was a baby, so instead of making Daniel have quiet time during his nap, I took him to Big M and he had a blast. He went through the mini hay bale maze over and over. Climbed haystacks and went down the big slides. They have lots of cute little photo op areas set up as well. I also decided that we'd do the corn maze. Ya'll...I got straight up lost. Daniel was getting so annoyed because I couldn't find my way out, but eventually we found some guys to follow and made it out.
We've made so many good memories, and really each and every place has its own unique vibe. I can't wait to share more tomorrow night. Stay tuned!
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