J's birthday today!

My baby is eight, I can't even believe it....

We celebrated with some homeschooling friends at a small local farm stand, where they have a petting zoo, a corn maze, a hay maze, a pumpkin patch, etc. They were wrapping things up for the season (they close tomorrow), so we had the entire place to ourselves.

We also had a private hay ride, which was a bunch of fun. The guy even took us twice around, just because.






J's guests all crowded 'round while he opened his presents. From left to right we have J, Fluffy, Zoo Boy, R, Little J, D, and B. It was a fun group of kids!






Those specks way down there in the corn field/maze?? That's my kids. Uh huh.







They spent a lot of time playing in the entrance of the hay maze, where there was a great big pile of straw, just perfect for scrambling over and creating "hay bombs" to throw at each other.

As you can see from the photos, we had a gorgeous -- but chilly -- day, and fun seemed to be had by all.