Get Lost!

Calvin and Mollie DID NOT FORGET about the straw bale maze that Brenda's cousin (Bryce Crane) in Georgetown makes every year.  We went three years ago with the Nielsens, then two years ago with Bonnie and Beau and their kids, but we missed last year.  And two kids of mine have been begging to go back since September (before the maze was even built).  They were so anxious to try it out again!

Maybe that is why Calvin promptly ran into the maze and GOT LOST???

Brenda, Georgia, and I were busy talking / helping Georgia's little kids / and commenting on the, um, unique entrance to the maze, as pictured below:

So, by the time we entered the maze, I realized that Brigham, Mollie, and Calvin were long gone.  I wasn't too worried about Brigham and Mollie, and hoped that they kept Calvin with them.  

But they didn't.  

It's not necessarily scary in a straw bale maze--but it is eerily quiet!  You can have one wall dividing you from someone and not hear them calling--the straw absorbs so much sound and it can be disconcerting.

Poor little lost lamb.  We found our way out, then Brig and Mollie climbed on top to look for him.  He was trying not to cry when we finally found him, somewhere in the middle, and said he wanted to go home.  We spent some time near the entrance trying to just play and act natural, which gave him time to cool down.  Thankfully, he was eventually willing to go in again, and smiling by the time we left. 

Jubilant Jaydie and dabaliscious Calvin

I love me some time with BrenBren and Jojajo!  Georgia's kids squealed with delight at all of it, and it turns out that tons (literally) of the hay is from Georgia and Wes' farm--Bryce pays them to bale their barley straw.  It was a nice surprise that Brigham wanted to go with us, and extra fun because Georgia teases him and calls him "Humble Pie" (due an an incident in which she watched him destroy Allen at Cornhole while trash-talking relentlessly).

Elijah was extra cute--Jaydie loved climbing on top with the "big kids"

Mollie and Brig can't resist "cheating" their way out.

The only photos Brenda and Georgia took were
of me with straw stuck in my hair.  RUDE.

Right before we left, Brigham suggested that he and I race through the maze--he would go through the beginning and I would go from the ending.  We both turned our Garmins on to ensure no cheating.  Despite the fact that I was wearing slip-on Sanuks, I beat him SOUNDLY, running .36 miles in four minutes, backtracking three times.  It took Brig eight minutes because he got lost and went about three-quarters of a mile.

I guess he got to eat some humble pie after all???

Becca's record-smashing route!

Hahahaaaa!  Brigham went twice as far! 
As Calvin would say, "Get boom roasted!"

It was such a fun morning, with two of my favorite girls, and lots of cute, cute kids.  Bonus: Mollie and Calvin and I each had a doughnut when we got home (Brigham was full from his "just desserts.")

Every kid loves Brenda my Frienda!  She is the most fun!

Bwahahaaaaa!