Wednesday evening, after work, I rushed home so we could pack up the kids and the jogging stroller, grab a healthy dinner at the Wendy's drive-thru, and take the 20 minute drive outside the city to get lost for a couple hours in two and a half metres worth of corn.
Tavish kept puking up on his rain coat, Declan didn't want to ride Dad's shoulders but instead insisted on being carried in my arms, and Tav was looking for a boob for the last 15 minutes or so. But it was three hours out of the house... and it was great!
(For those who don't know, #94 on the Edmonton Oilers is Ryan Smyth; he's ugly and insists on sporting a mullet, but he's a damned good hockey player and he sacrificed several teeth in this spring's road to the Stanley Cup Final.)
More pics below...
There were hint sheets at the entrance that gave clues for which way to turn at each of the 10 sign posts that marked our progress within the maze.
"Can't I just stay here and finish my fries? I would soooo prefer that."
I can't do wide-eyed innocence nearly as well as Tavish. But there's no way he can come close to touching my 'stunned goof'.
Poseur.
We cleaned the puke off him just for this shot.
I really should have changed out of my work clothes before we left. I had muddy shoe prints all over me by the time we got back to the car.
Since we bought it used a couple years ago, this is the third time we've used that jogging stroller. (The first two times really were for jogging though.) That's, like, fifty bucks a trip so far!
From the crest of the second bridge.
Poor shot from the roof of Amy's car as we left. We were in there for about two hours and only cheated by crossing through the corn once, but that was right near the end when Tav was fussing for sleep and Mom and Dad both had achy backs.
Good times!
Great photos, and it sounds like you had a great time. That maze trumps the hay-bale maze Ben and I took on earlier in the week. I'm pretty sure it would have taken him more than two minutes to figure out this one.
This spot blends about three works into one: The Shining, the post's title, and Field of Dreams.
Posted by: Mark | Thursday, 28 September 2006 at 10:52 PM
I don't suppose there was a minotaur wearing a Carolina Hurricanes jersey roaming the paths?
The pics are amaizeing by the way.
Posted by: Alec | Friday, 29 September 2006 at 01:35 AM
Smyth is not....well..yah...he is. But man..what a good hockey player!!! When he got that shot in the mouth I cringed. OUCH!
Corn maze looks AWESOME! May have to take our kids to the Saskatoon one.
Posted by: TerriTorial | Friday, 29 September 2006 at 08:43 AM
Looks like fun. Except that I'm bitter that Declan looks to be the same size as Luke! And, well, I don't think Ryan Smyth USED to be ugly (Marc went to school with him, tho' Ryan was a couple years older), he's just pretty beat up. You have to admit there are MUCh uglier in the NHL!!
Posted by: Dixie | Friday, 29 September 2006 at 08:54 AM
That looks like an - excuse the initially unforeseen pun - amazing maze. The trouble is, I think it'd be too easy to give me some "Signs"-like frights if I ventured very far into it.
Posted by: Sarah | Friday, 29 September 2006 at 01:41 PM
Mark,
I was going to make a Shining allusion, but didn't want to detract from the pics of the boys.
Alec,
I laughed, not (only) at your joke, but at the latent realisation that your spelling mistake was intentional.
Dixie & Terri,
I don't know what it is with Canadian chicks and hockey players, but there seems to be something that glosses over their poor choice of hair styles and finds the attraction anyway. Go figger.
Sarah,
I hadn't even thought of "Signs" when we went into it, too intent on The Shining and its maze. Not too sure which would be the preferable nightmares of that duo...
Posted by: Simon | Friday, 29 September 2006 at 02:38 PM
That is, liek, the coolest crop circle evar!!111 Who knew the aliens were Oilers fans?
Posted by: Paul | Friday, 29 September 2006 at 07:46 PM
Omigosh. Is this what you Canadians do for fun?! LOL
The boys are registering a 10+ for cuteness factor. And I especially love the one of you and Tav!
So, happy Halloween already. Er, maybe it's just a rural thing ... I now think we may be taking the girls to a corn maze walk in Vermont.
A maze ing grace. Beautiful family.
Posted by: the Mater | Friday, 29 September 2006 at 08:21 PM
Dear Simon,
That's stinkin' cool. As you may or may not recall, I am a particular fan of mazes, myself. Kudos to the Albertans!
Also, you've got a lot of cuteness on your hands there.
Love,
Cheeseburger Brown
Posted by: Cheeseburger Brown | Saturday, 30 September 2006 at 08:18 AM
Nice pictures and looks like a fun outing.
2.5 metres of corn, eh? I remember in my elementary school days, back in the seventies, all the math lessons we had on the metric system. We were constantly reminded that it would be important for us to know it because some day the US would switch to it. As if...
Anyway, cute children and a beautiful wife.
Posted by: Alvis | Saturday, 30 September 2006 at 07:41 PM
The pictures are awesome. Those corn mazes are popping up around here. I'm going to have to borrow me some kids and go try it out. (I would get lost by myself.)
Posted by: Hazel Hazel | Monday, 02 October 2006 at 07:29 AM
Looks like such fun. I'd still be lost in there. But then I get lost easily. Hard to believe how big the boys are getting.
Posted by: marian | Monday, 02 October 2006 at 08:46 AM
I'm a Puck...what can I say!
Posted by: TerriTorial | Monday, 02 October 2006 at 05:57 PM