Not ever having grown my own corn before, we learned that the ear of corn actually grows about a foot off the ground, even though the corn plant itself grows to be taller than me. I can see why there are corn mazes, too. While we were in the corn fields, we really had to depend on our hearing to be able to locate one another. That is cousin Stephanie with Nathan in the photo.
The weather was clear, but very cold! The ride on the hay wagon, especially over some open fields, made me wish I had a hat and gloves on. Brrrr! I think it was about 40 degrees or so.
After picking corn, we had homemade ice cream in the little shop on the farm. Aaron had smurf ice cream. Yes, it is blue, and yes, it is actually called smurf ice cream. It was actually very delicious - blueberry ice cream with marshmallow cream. Yummmmmm.
Stephanie also picked out some apple cider doughnuts (apple cider from the apples on the farm) which we had for dessert last night. The doughnuts are soft, moist, and not very sweet - and perfumed with the taste of apples. The mug that I chose to put my milk in just cracks me up. Funny, no?
I love getting these little peeks into your precious family, Chenning. We miss you!
ReplyDelete