To get our Thanksgiving long-weekend off to a good start, we decided to join some members of the Bourne-extended family and go to Calgary's Corn Maze. (Side note, it is located east of Deerfoot on Hwy 22x, so I don't really think it's fair to call it 'Calgary's" corn maze...it took us an hour and a half to get there). The kids were pretty excited to spend some time with Emma, and I think she enjoys spending time with them. I loaded tons of warm clothing and snacks and two kids into our van and headed out for the afternoon. As mentioned before, it took about an hour and a half to get there after stopping at my parent's to drop off some tools for the drywalling that was happening there (they have a different way of celebrating Thanksgiving weekend), and getting stuck in construction. Once we got there, we bundled up, paid our entrance fee, and headed straight to the 'pumpkin patch'. The patch was actually bare, but they had laid out all the pumpkins in a pile for people to choose from, and the kids enjoyed looking. We were a little later getting there than everyone else, so we headed into the maze. Lucy was our fearless leader and decided which path we should take. At one point we came across a sign that let you choose the 'adventurous' or 'leisurely' trail. Here the kids are debating which way to go, but quickly decided adventurous.
We soon found out that adventurous meant the path was less visible as it was covered with fallen down corn stalks. The maze was actually quite fun and provided some shelter for the icy wind, so we spent a lot of time in there. We learnt that the maze is usually 9-feet tall, but after the terrible windstorm that blew through last week, it had cut most of the stalks in half. It worked out well because the kids were short enough to still feel the affects of the maze, but the parents were able to lead with a bit more ease. We also came across a few scarecrows along the way. 
We had a hot dog lunch at a fire pit with Joe & Erica and their two little ones, Malauney, Aunt Leah, and Tammy and her girls. Once we were fueled up, we headed back into the maze with Tammy, Emma and Ashley. Emma was determined to stay miles ahead of us and Tammy kept having to call her back. Eventually we made it through the maze, although we never did leave through the exit. The first time we ended up exiting the entrance and the second time through we ended up at some side bar vortex that lead us out, but wasn't really part of the maze. We had a quick stop at the "Corn" sign so the kids could each get a picture.
It was difficult to get Max with his hood, but he participated happily.
This is about the only thing he did happily (besides eating his hotdog) as he made me carry him through the whole maze. Here's a picture of him walking on his own, but if you look closely, his bottom lip tells you that he's not happy about it.
We've decided we'll go again next year, only we'll go earlier in the season so it's not quite so cold. Thanks to Malauney for organizing the outing. She does a good job at keeping our large family in touch.
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