Saunders Farm

This summer, we finally brought Lucas to Saunders Farm for the first time. For those of you not in Ottawa, Saunders Farm has a ton of hedge mazes, a splash pad area, a couple of playground areas, and lots of other things to keep kids entertained. It's almost like an amusement park without rides. We'd held off on bringing Lucas when he was younger since the admission is pricey, but we felt at 4, he was now ready to make the most of it. And make the most of it he did. We actually went back 2-3 more times this summer since Lucas loved the place. This year, we decided to buy a family season pass since it pays for itself in three visits. Odds are we'll be there more than three times, so I consider it a sound investment.

These pictures were taken during our first visit. It was in July, and it was a pretty hot day. I just looked up the temperature on Weather.ca, and the high was 31 C/88 F, and that's before the humidity was factored in. Nonetheless, Lucas and I had a good time (we left Marilu at home for some reason or another).

This first picture isn't a great one of Lucas since he has his eyes closed, but unfortunately it was the only one I took from within a maze, and I wanted to give you an idea of what those are like. I love hedge mazes and would probably do all of them every time I go there, but Lucas tired of them quickly. I would imagine the overwhelming heat had a lot to do with that.

Lucas's favorite thing on that first visit, by far, was the pirate ship. He probably spent almost an hour playing in, on, and around it. It was a slow day at Saunders Farm so except for the odd kid of two, he had the ship to himself most of the time. In our subsequent visits, the place was packed, and he was a bit shy of the bigger kids and so didn't spend as much time in that area. If you look closely in the last picture, you'll see he's up in the crow's nest.

Here are a few more random photos taken that day.

This last photo isn't from Saunders Farm, but it's the last one I have for July. Too often Lucas either makes crazy expressions or puts on his cheese smile, and while that doesn't necessarily ruin the photos, they could be better. This was one of those rare moments where I got a genuinely nice photo of him. I hope you enjoy.

For anyone that is interested in more info on Saunders Farm, you can view their website here.