Last weekend we made a short trip to Ames to visit the Center Grove Orchard. Last year Chad, Megan, and the boys met Jodi, Blaine, and the boys here while we were in Minnesota. They had a lot of fun and we couldn't wait until this summer when we could go along with our little one, and maybe start a new family tradition.
Center Grove is primarily an apple orchard, but to describe it as such, would be an understatement. It's almost like an Adventureland for farm kids! Kelli and I thought the $8 admission was a little steep upon paying it, but later realized it was totally worth it. There's so much for kids to do. The nephews had a blast. And Charly, well she just enjoyed watching all the kids have fun . . . and the goats licking licking her tiny little hands!
There was a large corn pool, water pump rubber duck races, a farm animal petting zoo, multiple playhouses, a pedal tractor obstacle course, a jumping "pillow" trampoline, a corn maze and a hay maze, a super slide, an apple slingshot target range, tractor hayrides, and a pumpkin patch. Cooper was so excited and happy that all his cousins were together. Sweet and reserved Brooks could have gone down the super slide all day long. Jackson wandered from activity to activity losing track of his family on a number of occasions. And Griffin . . . he ate everything in sight!
Maneuvering Charly's stroller and bag throughout the farm proved tricky at times. Kelli had to improvise when feeding her and changing her in the "Potty Barn" was interesting. But Charly loves any opportunity she gets to be around her rowdy Doerrfeld and Henning cousins. We couldn't have asked for a better day with better boys!
Last weekend we made a short trip to Ames to visit the Center Grove Orchard. Last year Chad, Megan, and the boys met Jodi, Blaine, and the boys here while we were in Minnesota. They had a lot of fun and we couldn't wait until this summer when we could go along with our little one, and maybe start a new family tradition.
Center Grove is primarily an apple orchard, but to describe it as such, would be an understatement. It's almost like an Adventureland for farm kids! Kelli and I thought the $8 admission was a little steep upon paying it, but later realized it was totally worth it. There's so much for kids to do. The nephews had a blast. And Charly, well she just enjoyed watching all the kids have fun . . . and the goats licking licking her tiny little hands!
There was a large corn pool, water pump rubber duck races, a farm animal petting zoo, multiple playhouses, a pedal tractor obstacle course, a jumping "pillow" trampoline, a corn maze and a hay maze, a super slide, an apple slingshot target range, tractor hayrides, and a pumpkin patch. Cooper was so excited and happy that all his cousins were together. Sweet and reserved Brooks could have gone down the super slide all day long. Jackson wandered from activity to activity losing track of his family on a number of occasions. And Griffin . . . he ate everything in sight!
Maneuvering Charly's stroller and bag throughout the farm proved tricky at times. Kelli had to improvise when feeding her and changing her in the "Potty Barn" was interesting. But Charly loves any opportunity she gets to be around her rowdy Doerrfeld and Henning cousins. We couldn't have asked for a better day with better boys!
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I love Charly's pucker lips!
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