Sunflowers for Wishes

Last year I heard about a farm in CT that each year plants 25 acres of sunflowers to benefit the Make a Wish foundation of CT. I really wanted to see it but on the day we were supposed to go (one of the last of the festival - it only last 1 week) it poured. So I believe we went bowling instead. It looked like we may have a similar outcome this year but on the day we were supposed to go the skies were bright and sunny.

We got there right when they opened and were on the first hayride of the day. The tractor took us through the barnyard (where we were able to feed the cows their breakfast of hay) and then on to the sunflower fields. We were surrounded by tall, gorgeous, yellow sunflowers. It's quite a sight!

ready to go on a hayride

feeding the cows

summer beauty

Auntie Yndsay giving Benj a lesson about sunflowers

yellows and blues

 After the hayride the kids and I went for a ride on the "cow train." These cows were made from recycled plastic barrels. Such a good cute and fun use for old materials!

on the cow train!

It was quite a bumpy ride!

After the rides, we sampled some of the farm's ice cream - some of the most delicious I've ever had. Next year, I'll be getting Sunflower flavor!