Countryfied. What is it about spending time in the country that makes a person feel rustic and that makes a person want to tear through the old backroads and cornfields with some quirky Alan Jackson song running through their head? Is it the hospitality, charm and beauty of nature that makes the country life seem so appealing? Or, is it the old-fashioned games of horse-shoes and hide-n-seek in the shoulder-high cornfields that seem a nostalgic thing of the past? Perhaps it is the fun children have as they climb on top of the hay bales or the massive farming equipment. Whatever it is, this past weekend, we spent part of our afternoon getting countryfied. We took the twins to a nearby family farm where we all played in hay and corn mazes, climbed to the top of a hay bale pyramid and rode in the back of a tractor-pulled wagon through the farm fields. It was a really fun day, and a few pictures from our time on the farm are shown below. (Mike was with us too, but regrettably, we didn't get one picture with him...next time, next time.)
Paige and Taylor taking turns steering the John Deere tractor.
Teamwork - two sets of toddler hands were needed to turn the tractor's steering wheel.
When you can't ride the real thing, rocking horses are a close second on the farm.
