The kids had a huge fight at home and I almost called off our night at Maxwell's, but they pulled themselves together and I'm so glad they did because it was a magical night 🎅🎄🌟 Each time we visit there are a few more decorations, more lights, and more Christmas spirit. I think I'm beginning to love Maxwell's for the holidays even more than in fall.
We got a wonderfully mild night which helped everyone's morale
Visiting Santa - requests this year were a Lego set (Sophie), Play Doh (Charlie), off Santa's lap and back to mom (Griffin) and a camera (Davey)
Davey looking handsome in his sweater
Picture by Sophie ❄️❄️
Doesn't this just burst with the spirit of the season?!
Roasting marshmallows always makes for a nice break to warm up by the fire and have a snack
These painted haybales reminded me a little bit of toilet paper, but were otherwise cute
The lines for the apple canons are way shorter than fall season
Maxwell's 2021 🎃 Our visit had a rough start with so much bickering and whining, but things settled down after some snacks and we were able to have a fun day at the pumpkin farm!! It was crowded (all of Amarillo had the same plan) but the weather was perfect, the food was delicious, and there were activites at every turn.
Sophie loved the new obstacle course, Davey bounced his pants off on the jumping pillows, Charlie ate his way through about 2000 calories and Griffin ran away to the tractor trikes every chance he got. Happy Fall Y'all!!
The reality of going places with young kids - there will inevitably be rough moments and likely a few emotional fires to work through
Our little Texas baby
Sophie always goes for max thrills. We didn't know it at the time, but the girl in the striped sweater was Kate, who later would become one of her good friends
The cow train is a classic favorite
Taking a snack break
Pumpkin heads
Corn kings on their throne
Griffin loved the trikes, even though he couldn't make them go on his own
Proof of mom
And proof of dad
One way to keep them looking little is to put them in a giant chair :)
I have a baby photo of each kid that I display during fall and it was time to take Griffin's so he could join the collection. Maxwell's always has so many great photo op stations and I was able to get a great shot of Griffin that I'll love seeing on my shelf year after year.
This was the first year Maxwell's has ever been open for Christmas. I bought tickets for our family expecting it would be much the same as fall, except with Christmas lights, but it was so much better than that! They went all out with decorations and the whole place looked beautiful! Everything looks so festive and was completely changed over to match a Christmas theme. In addition to the usual attractions (slides, jumping pillows, cornholed, etc), we also met Santa, roasted marshmallows and made s'mores, played with friends, and admired all the beautiful lights. It really was a magical night!
There were dozens of cute photo ops set up all over the farm. This polar bear was a favorite!
This is the last known sighting of Charlie's little blue glove. It was lost sometime during the night, much to his dismay, and he never really got over it either.
I think he is just the cutest
Safely seeing Santa from 6 feet away
We found Frosty!
Roasting marshmallows with friends and warming up by the fire pit
Charlie and Rossi relaxing on a hay bale
They had a walking path set up through an ocean scene that concluded with a light tunnel
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