Mitchell Farms 2021

Last Friday, we took a delightful field trip to Mitchell Farms in Collins, MS with our homeschool fellowship group.  It has been a joy to have this group to do activities with while we are home.  Several families participated, which provided the boys a large group of kids to spend the day with.  There are several boys their age in the group and they all play very well together. 

Our group reservation was for 10:00 a.m.  Each family took a picnic lunch and we had a reserved pavilion to eat under.  Our family stayed until they closed at 4:00.  With the exception of the heat, it was fun-filled from start to finish.  

 

Arriving for an adventurous day at the farm

 

Which way do we go??

 

They started out on the rope swing.  They returned to this spot several times throughout the day.

 

Cruz on the slide.

 

Ben on the slide.

 

There are two of these large inflatable bounce pillows.  The boys enjoyed playing on both.

 

Our group rode the trailer ride together and did a tour of the farm.

 

Much to my surprise, they still wanted to ride in these train cars. 

 

With every paid entrance, you get to choose a pumpkin to take home.  Here is David hauling ours to the car.

 

more bouncing

 

This year the farm added a corn barn.  The kids loved playing there.

 

Reading to tackle the corn maze.

 

I took a photo of the pattern in case we got lost.

 

We have been to this farm on every trip home during the fall. We love it!  What we enjoyed most about this particular visit was that our boys are now big enough to explore it without us having to follow close behind them.  We spent a lot of our day sitting in the shade and watching them play from a distance.  Here, we had found a porch swing pavilion that was probably our favorite spot of the day.   Not everything about them growing up makes us sad. 

 

They played hard all day long.  It was great exercise.

 

 

How tall this fall?

 

This sweet photo was on my Facebook memories recently.  It was Cruz on his first trip to Mitchell Farms back in October 2010. 

Our family at Mitchell Farms 

Outings like this are what make me homesick every fall.  I would not trade anything for being home this year to make these memories together.  You can guarantee that next October I will be wishing I was there.