Halloween was quite the adventure this year. Since we live out in the boondocks on a long stretch of a fairly busy road, no one does trick’or’treat along our road – it’s not safe. We discovered a few years ago that everyone along our road simply drives to a ‘regular’ suburban-ish neighborhood and let the kids collect tons of loot. This year we thought we’d do something different – since we had a lot of fun at Crumland Farms for their Corn Festival, we thought we’d check out their Halloween bash this year. Sure, it’s an hour drive, but we were feeling adventurous.
We were a little disappointed that it wasn’t as big a deal as advertised – there was absolutely nothing going on, and very few vendors set up for the trick’or’treat portion. But we still had fun, especially since it was a gorgeous sunny day (albeit cold – good thing Princess Nagger chose a warm costume for this year!). When we arrived at the farm, we decided we’d enjoy their yummy cheeseburgers (hotdog for the Princess Nagger) since we hadn’t had any lunch. As we ate, we watched as pumpkins were taken high up on a cherry picker and dropped to smash into smithereens. There was supposed to be a pumpkin eating dinosaur, but they didn’t have it working so PN was slightly disappointed about that.
Before the trick’or’treating started, Princess Nagger wanted to head over to the big slide – on the way, we stopped to check out the goats:
We literally got to see them up close and personal:
Then one of them decided to put on a little show for us – they have these walkways above our heads that the goats walk on, and a pulley system to send them treats when they arrive at various platforms:
Princess Nagger was loving every minute of it:
Off to the giant slide:
I asked PN if she was going to fly up to the top – she thought I was nuts:
She of course wanted to go again, and I decided to get more creative with the next shots:
I was a little too quick on the shutter for the last picture, but it turned out to be a funny one:
Then it was off to the pumpkin patch via a hay-less hay ride. That’s where this picture from yesterday was from:
Princess Nagger didn’t mind there was no hay on the hay ride:
We arrived at what was left of the pumpkin patch – it was cool to see actual blue pumpkins:
We weren’t quite sure what we were supposed to do when the driver let us out, so we wandered aimlessly then each picked out a variant blue pumpkin to take back with us. We headed back to the main part of the farm, enjoying the scenery:
Since it was still early (only about 5:00 by this time), Princess Nagger still wanted to go somewhere to do some actual trick’or’treating – there were only a few vendors set up at the farm for that, along with Mazey the Cow:
We still had that hour drive ahead of us, but the timing worked out well since trick’or’treating in our neck of the woods didn’t start until 6:00 anyway. Plenty of time to head to a random neighborhood for Princess Nagger to score some good loot.
And so we did.
While we enjoyed the Corn Festival at the farm immensely and will be returning next year for that, we’ll be skipping the Halloween Bash and sticking close to home so Princess Nagger can simply do what she loves best – trick’or’treat.
Entrance Fee so Princess Nagger could slide on the slide: $15.00
2 Cheeseburgers, Fries, 2 Sodas and a hot dog: $19.00
3 Blue Pumpkins: $9.00
Princess Nagger’s smile and overall enjoyment: Priceless
This Spin Cycle was brought to you in part by Jen, who I bet had tons of fun as Sprite’s Keeper on Halloween. Stop by and check out the other Spinners and see what kind of Halloween fun they all had, too!
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Oh, what fun! And what a fun costume! I’m glad PN had such a good time.
I love the pics of the long, silver slide.
Great shots.
Blue Pumpkins?
That looks like it was fun. I love the goats!
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Glad she had fun. Blue pumpkin sound cool.
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That looks like a really fun place!
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Too bad there wasn’t more going on, but it looks like you had fun anyway. I got to explain about pumpkin patches to Turbo–we don’t find many of them here, not lots of farms around.
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That is such a cute costume! Your Halloween was a busy one!
thanks for stopping by!! i finally got to the right site, LOL!! I tweeted ya earlier cause i was having issues! looks like y’all had a blast! love the pics:) I am now following ya=)
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Oh, I grabbed your badge also:)
to add to my blog girls page, so I will def be back!!
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That is one talented goat! I am glad the Princess had a fun day, happy WW.
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Looks like lots of fun!
It looks like you guys were the only ones there! She’s still smiling, even though it was a bit lame.
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nice. this looks like where we went to get our pumpkins…
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I love all the pictures…. the slide looks amazing!!
Priceless indeed. Did she lose a tooth?
Looks like a great time Stacy!
Looks like a great time. So many things to see and do. Sorry it was bit of a disappointment.
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Great pictures!
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Too bad there was no Dino munchin-pumpkin eater for PN… that would of been cool to see! Goats are very curious animals & some can be very smart, when they are Not being stubborn 😉 Glad PN got to experience a few thing for Halloween! we live in the sticks too, but a kinda dead, spooky road… so no kids, and not much action. Glad you found some!
Those walkways for the goats are so cool. It really looked “dead” there. Which we would have loved. 🙂
What fun! There was a similar festival close to where we live too. Those things are so fun! PN sure is a cutie pie! Thanks for stopping by! Happy WW!
That is some CRAZY Halloween fun!!!
How cute is that costume! I have never seen a snowy owl costume. That is adorable. Hey, I think it’s great you avoided the crowds and the rush. Looks really fun. Her smile says it all. 🙂
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Looks like you and PN had a great time – its a shame more trick-or-treat vendors weren’t set up. Mazey the Cow had a cute costume (so did PN). I love the pics of the goat on the platform.
Is the blue pumpkin like the great pumpkin? 🙂
Glad she had a good time though!
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looks like the cutouts that i wanted for us!
lol, i know what you mean about getting somewhere and being disappointed…
at least she got to trick or treat!!!
What a fun farm and a great day. Those goats are crazy!
And, that slide is awesome.
Those are some daredevil goats! YIKES!
And I adore her costume … especially the feet.
Too bad it wasn’t all it was advertised to be, but it sounds like you managed to have a good time anyway.
This looks like a lot of fun!
Great pictures. The goats made me laugh.
love those goats..they are hilarious…looks like a really cool place..
That looks like a great time! Too funny that the goats walk above you, my kids would have loved that too! I love the costume Princess chose!
Looks like such a fun time – great costume.
Oh, I just hate it when these special event turn out not so special.
Never seen a blue pumpkin, i hope they painted it.
Looks like fun…I love the goats on the boardwalk thing! My kids want to trick or treat every year…they aren’t interested in parties or festivals…They just want CANDY! 🙂
Sounds like a fun day and the fact that she still got to go trick or treat in the neighborhood was awesome. Love all the pictures! PN looks adorable in her costume.
Aw. Looks like a nice time and you were spared the crowds. I love PN’s costume, she makes a cute little owl. It was an owl right? I’ll feel pretty daft if it wasn’t…