Sever's Corn Maze - 2010

We made the venture to Sever's Corn Maze again this year. Tori was really able to get into this year since she is able to walk around herself and explore a little more in the corn pit. She didn't like the corn pit at first (it's literally a pit full of dried corn kernels that all the kids jump around in similar to a ball pit). She didn't like the corn getting in her pants and her sleeves but when she saw Elizabeth (or "Sisters" as she calls her) jumping all over the place and having a blast, she didn't think it was so bad either.

Tori also got to ride her first pony as well. I think the pony ride operator wanted to end it more quickly than he did because she rode the whole way saying "pony, pony, pony". It was cute and she was so excited. She is probably going to be a veterinarian when she grows up.

Elizabeth just plain had fun with the friends we went with. She wanted to feed all the animals in the petting zoo (except for the ostrich - those guys are violent eaters so I don't blame her at all). She spied the mini donut stand and wanted those from the minute we got there but we managed to convince her that a cheeseburger would be a better option for a starving young person.

All in all, it was a success again this year and we are actually talking about going back before they close for the season, schedule permitting. If we do, we will probably have to spend the entire visit in the corn pit.

Elizabeth's first MVC Junior's year 2010

Here is the video from Elizabeth's dress rehearsal at Minnesota Viking's Cheerleading practice. It took a whole week for me to figure out how to get this off our camera. It was not cooperating and I am now very wise in the way of video.

As you can see on the video, she was a little more interested in what the pretty, sparkly cheerleaders were doing but she had a great time and really loved wearing the costume more than anything. The first run through (which is the first video) occurred as we were walking in the door so we missed the first part, then we got the second run through in it's entirety (the second video). They did this dress rehearsal because on game day, it's really difficult to see the junior cheerleaders from the field and they are facing the opposite direction than we actually are waiting to collect them when it's done. The second take, she was really quite tired.

On game day, she did great in the warm up before the game started but when half time came around she wouldn't let me go and wanted me to go out on the field with her. One of the cheerleaders came and talked to her and the sparkly cheerleader made her feel better. She went out and performed but because I was on the field, I couldn't see how she did and Jason was too far to see her as well. We only know that she enjoyed doing and said she would do it again.

When Tori is the minimum age, I am sure she will do it too since we had to get another set of pom poms so they wouldn't fight over the set that came with Elizabeth's costume. They definitely love shaking pom poms around and Tori said "ooh, pretty" when she saw Elizabeth in her costume. We pretty much had to bribed Elizabeth out of her costume. I probably have to hide it now so we don't fight about wearing it to school every day.