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I think about a lot of things. I have opinions about most. What good are thoughts and opinions when not shared? I'll show you mine if you'll show me yours. Issues related to education really get me going. I love to dine on the hot potatoes of school accountability, standardized testing, corporal punishment in schools (outlawed in only about 28 states), scrutiny of school staff before hiring, teacher performance standards, and the weeding out of bad apples in education. I promote fitness as the miracle drug most of us seek. No pill will duplicate the health benefits of working our bodies. I strongly support the adage, "Don't breed or buy while shelter animals die." The world does not need more puppies or kittens. A visit to a local shelter is proof. I consider myself schooled in basic personal money management, the entrepreneurial spirit, domestic adoption, motherood in middle age, Baby Boomer issues, Southern culture, and how to cook a meal in twenty minutes. Whew. So, where shall we start?

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Pumpkin patch trip makes it official. Fall's here.

Contributed by: Barbara Neff   on 10/14/2006

Today my older son, Hayden, and ten friends combined a fall celebration with a birthday celebration at Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield Corn Maze and Pumpkin Festival. Hayden turns eleven in one week.

There is something about visiting a pumpkin patch and corn maze that makes fall official. Seeing all those cute costumes, picking our own pumpkins, and running around a corn maze really stoked the spirit of the season.

The Denver Bontanic Gardens allows visitors to bring along food and beverages. We staked out a nice spot under a tent-type pavilion furnished with bales of hay for our party. We decorated with balloons and a banner. We brought each party guest a treat bag that also contained his lunch. The bakery at King Soopers on Castle Pines Parkway in Castle Pines North supplied a gorgeous pumpkin-patch theme cake.

Admission at the main gate is free to children who arrive in costume, and all our party revelers did. Adults pay $5 each. Admisison to the Corn Maze is $5 per child and $7 per adult. You get to pick your pumkins and pay by girth. Most pumpkins the children selected were three or four dollars. One boy picked Pumpkin Grande (must'a weighed forty pounds), and it was a mere $7.

Twenty-eight thumbs up for the Denver Botanic Gardens Corn Maze and Pumpkin Festival at Chatfield. I'm pretty sure it will be our family's method of ushering in fall year after year.









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Submitted By: Rob Guthrie
posted on 10/20/2006 @ 12:59:43 PM
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Great post, Barbara. Looks like a great time was had by all!
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Submitted By: Karin Malchow
posted on 10/15/2006 @ 7:29:00 AM
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While we always enjoyed the corn maze, our Halloween activity the last few years is seeing the pumpkin launching and smashing at the Aurora Pumpkin Fest. Nothing says fall like a pumpkin shooting from a cannon or trebuchet. Speaking of which, I think we're due for a pumpkin plant status report.
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Submitted By: William Boucher
posted on 10/14/2006 @ 10:10:05 PM
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This will be what Hayden blogs about when he gets older.
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Barbara Neff

Castle Rock , CO

Barbara Neff has posted 128 blog entries and 820 comments since joining on 9/14/2005. Barbara Neff 's average blog rating is 4.97.
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