Corn Maze Happy Birthday Grandma

I've been wanting to take the boys to a corn maze this year-- it just seemed like something they would really enjoy.  I didn't really know though because I've never been to one myself. Actually I've been to a haunted one once but we pulled in the parking lot and had scary people scratching our window and climbing on the car and starring at us so we kept the doors locked and pulled out of there! Glad I didn't have to go there--so scary!  Anyway, while we were down visiting the Grandparents my brother suggested we go.  We were all excited!  We went to a place in Sigurd and I figured since we were in small town USA it would be pretty basic-- cornfield with a path, try to find your way to the end.  I was pleasantly surprised.  Before you entered the corn maze there was  a big field with all kinds of fun things for the kids made from hay.  There was a mountain like pile that had black tube slides.  There were bales of hay put together to make tractors.  When the kids saw the sky high slide they couldn't wait to go down.  We quickly decided they couldn't go though because there was a 90 deg. angle at the bottom so we thought the reason no one was playing on it was because it wasn't safe.  Surely someone was going to break their leg at the bottom.  Well we quickly discovered the corn pit so they forgot about the slide.  They had so much fun in the corn.  They made snow angels, went swimming, did cannonballs, and buried themselves.  I couldn't believe how they would just bury their faces in the corn for so long.  While we were in the corn we saw other people safely go down the slide so the kids quickly ran over to take their turn.  They couldn't get enough of it.  There were a few times they were airborne going down.  The bottom turned out to be okay for little kids.  It curved just enough to fold them.  Bigger kids though always said, "ouch," and never went again.  They also had large black tubes that the kids sat in while Uncle Buzz rolled them around.  They were blurry pictures but I love how happy Kade's face is and how much Kylee looks like a rag doll.  We finally made it in the corn maze.  Wahoo!!!!  The wahoo didn't last long.  The kids had a plan that they would each take turns picking which path we'd take and then we'd follow them.  When we got to the next intersection they would switch.  Well after the 20th dead end they had lost all interest in the corn maze.   We decided Uncle Buzz should be the leader for a while.  We still kept running into dead ends.  Finally we found some boys that seemed to know the maze so we followed them for a bit and we ended up somewhere we figured we should be.  We eventually started seeing markers and getting close to the tower so the kids attitude perked up a little.  It took us 1 hour to do the maze and if we hadn't found those boys I think we might still be in the maze. :)


We had a little party for Grandma tonight-- well we made dinner for her anyway.  She ended up making some of it while we were at the maze---sorry Mom.  We made Cafe Rio for her and she loved it.  We also made her key lime pie.  When I got out the candles Clint said, "Oh a 2 and a 6 because Grandma is 26!"  Grandma liked that.  Then we put them on the pie and Clint said, "OH! It's a 9 and a 2.  She's 92."  She didn't like that.  We told him it was 62 but Grandma changed it to 26 she liked that one the best.  Happy Birthday Mom!  You're Mrs. Amazing!  We love you!!!!