This morning nearly all of my housework was done for the day by 10 a.m. because the house was to be shown between 11 and noon. Of course, this means a bed that was supposed to be changed today just got made and needs to be changed later now and there is the never ending mountain of laundry in various stages, but the house, cosmetically speaking, looked about as good as it can get under the circumstances. When the Legos and Cheerios had been cleaned up for about the 5th time and the cat’s water dish/puddle had been mopped for the 3rd time, and the dishes were washed we made our escape to the car. I then realized I had to get back into the house to get a pair of shoes on, but the kids were buckled in. I did NOT leave the keys in the car as I went to fetch my key out of the lock box however. My nearby friend learned the hard way right before Christmas not to do that when her car was stolen from her driveway while she ran back in for a sweater. Luckily her kids were not in the car at the time.
As I thought about her I thought perhaps I should grab sweaters for the kids since it was about 58 degrees but then decided against it. Nathan had a sweater in the diaper bag anyway, just in case. By the time we’d driven the 5 miles to the Farm it was already 62 and the sun felt warm. We were excited to see the animals for the first time since last fall.
It is hard to believe that Parky’s Farm is so close to our house. It is part of the Hamilton County Parks system and all the parks are great. Probably the best $5 we spend all year is on our annual pass. We use it constantly from January through December. The money goes a long way!
The first thing we saw across from our parked car really got our attention and we headed directly over.
This baby is 14 days old, a male named “Manny” and his mother, a Belgian horse, watches over him closely. This colt proved quite friendly as his mother moved ever so much closer.
Isn’t he cute?
This blue eyed baby came and planted a kiss right on my blue eyed baby.
His nose was very soft and he had several small front baby teeth that were very white.
Nathan was surprised and quite excited by this whole scene. It made him giggle! I watched very closely and so did the other Mom.
The play barn was closed so we took advantage of the play yard there and Kaitlyn rode on all three chickens.
Nathan cheerfully got sunscreen applied to all exposed skin. The rim of his hat proved tremendous… we folded it back so he could at least see if he wanted to… and then we applied more sunscreen.
SPF 50, of course!
In the barnyard we saw llamas, pigs, goats, bunnies…
Kaitlyn found several sheep to try and peek at.
Are these baby llamas? Whoever they are, they are very thick and woolly right now. I think it’s about time to shear them.
We pet this sheep and he was very woolly too. Nathan LOVED touching the fuzzy animals and giggled with his whole body.
Come back, sheep!
Kaitlyn enjoyed picking up pebbles and running her hands through the sand on the path while she waited for Nathan to be done studying the animals. Children wash… so do their clothes.
Nathan began “walking” along the fence holding on for the first time as he tried to follow the animals. He was quite excited.
He kept putting his tongue between his lips and blowing, presumably to make animal sounds.
Dandelions were fun to poke at, too.
Puzzle loving Kaitlyn put together this LARGE puzzle showing the insides of a cow and how they fit together.
72 degrees before noon… very comfortable without a sweater.
We found our way over to the very crowded playground due to a school field trip.
The crowd of older kids didn’t phase Kaitlyn too much. She shook her head at their behavior a few times but she had fun climbing up and sliding down over and over until she was hungry and ready to eat some lunch.
We spent a very nice morning together enjoying the farm and the springtime.
What a great place to visit. This reminds me I need to take the kids to the zoo - the farm babies should be ready to see.
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