Maize Maze

It was such a lovely day today, we just had to do something after school.  Mommy came up with the idea of going to a corn maze, and a brilliant idea it was.  Not that far away from our house, there's a corn maze near Dawsonville, so away we went.

This was a clever sort of maze, that had a game for kids that resembled the game Clue.  As we visited each stop along the way, we had to determine who "kidnapped" a farmer, using what "weapon", and where.  It was the chickens, by the way - and they used a rake.  You have to watch out for those chickens!  Madison's deductive skills were as precise as Sherlock Holmes.  She didn't have a deerstalker hat on though.  It was a corn stalker.

Yes, that joke was corny.  Oh, there I go again.  Anyway, Madison was off at school today, so Mommy and Daddy used a lot of our Disney reward dollars and gift cards to do some Christmas shopping for her.  She's going to be quite happy Christmas morning - it'll be the Bravest Christmas ever!

So we were out and about, and the leaves are just gorgeous here right now.  Both of us were thinking the weather is so idea, it's a shame we don't do something with Madison.  And so we did!  The thinking was that the weather might be different next week.  For one, it's supposed to be pretty chilly.  Another thing is this storm that's coming up:  her name is Sandy.  She's a hurricane, believe it or not.  Pretty late in the season for that sort of thing, but oh-oh here she comes... the people up north are looking at a convergence of weather patterns, and are already calling this one "Frankenstorm."  Obviously that's an homage to the upcoming Halloween holiday, but it's the nature of the thing:  storms meeting up and intensifying.  Add all this to the election season, and you've got all kinds of interesting scenarios next week.

Meanwhile, this week has been more subdued and relaxed.  Today's adventure at the corn maze was just right.  Mommy picked up a few more pumpkins, and Madison did get her homework done:  this week's letter is the letter "P."  We got to bed early tonight afterwards - all of us.  It's going to be a busy week upcoming, and we'll need all the rest we can get!  It's going to be ...amazing!