Weber’s Farm

One of the best things about being a parent is getting to share the same experiences you had as a child with your own children, and one of the best things about marrying your high school sweetheart is that he’s from the same town and has many of the same family traditions. Like going to Weber’s Farm in the fall. Pretty much everyone in Baltimore County, MD goes to Weber’s Cider Mill Farm in the fall. (and I think they were all there with us on Saturday because it was crowded!)

Sure we could have gone to a pumpkin patch much closer to our house, but that’s not the same. My sister and a friend of hers met us there and we got to share all of our childhood memories with Nick and Abby.

As a grown up I love the little general store with all of its canned goods. They also sell apple cider slushies and cider donuts at an adorable little cafe.

and pumpkins and gourds (farmed on land owned by the family of one of my very dear friends from high school and college)

Charlotte (my sister) and I always loved the pumpkin story book walk, although we both remembered it as being much more elaborate when we were young.

Pumpkins are dressed up like characters from nursery rhymes, like Humpty Dumpty and Little Boy Blue.

There are tractors big and small to occupy little boys

And giant slides built into the hillside

and toddler-sized hay maze

a petting zoo with goats and geese

a mining area to pan for gold

and plenty of opportunities for family photos

Admission to the activities is $7 for kids ages 2 & up and $5 for adults, memories like the above photo: totally priceless.

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