Costume contest and a pumpkin patch

Three weeks ago, since Halloween fell on a Sunday, our church decided to have a costume contest.  Our children are dressing up as Dr. Seuss characters for the town Christmas parade this year, so we decided to use that day a as a test run for our costume ideas.


 
Photo courtesy of Lee Hoy

They didn't win, but it was still fun.  Later on in the day, we did our yearly Halloween tradition of going out on a Family Day to a pumpkin patch.  This one had an extensive hay maze as well as plenty of other activities, so we happily spent the rest of our day there.


 
Haybale slide

 


 
Because it's all about the blue hairspray


 


 


 
I can't entirely recommend sliding in skirts

 
Water pump ducky race

 
Sluice pipe slide













 






Corn maze




Obviously this was pre-blonde


 


 
A very bumpy, tractor-pulled train ride


 



 
Corn cannon (airgun)



 



 



 



 
Climbing hay bales



 



 



 



 
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What a great day!  For more photos (is it even possible that there are MORE?!), click through to the Flickr set.