Monday, September 15, 2008

Pigeons Farm

We went to Pigeons Farm with our friends Stephanie and Blake today. It was lots of fun! We actually had good weather for it (not too cold and more importantly, not raining!) and we even pretty much had the whole place to ourselves. Madeline and Blake got to pet lots of baby animals, and also got to feed the goats, and just generally had lots of fun playing.


Baby guinea pig...


Madeline and Blake with the baby chicken...


Madeline petting the baby rabbit... Mommy really liked this one--it was so soft and cute she started asking whether or not rabbits make good pets!


Inside the pig pen... Madeline was interested in the pigs, but didn't want to actually get close enough to pet them. We also realized we should have brought "wellies" (boots) for this part--everybody's shoes got quite dirty and smelly.


Fun on the "jumping pillow" with Stephanie...


Madeline was really into the chickens...


Great big sandbox...


Baby cow--less than one month old! We didn't get to pet this one...


Madeline with the "horsie." She did get to pet the horse, but we didn't get a photo of it...


Feeding the goats. The gentleman at the farm brought the leaves over for the kids to feed to them, and told them it was like ice cream to the goats!


It was neat to see Madeline seeing and interacting with real animals--she plays with her toy farm animals at home and makes all the noises, etc., so it was good for her to get to see the real thing and make the connection in her mind. All in all, a fun outing.

3 comments:

lizS said...

wow, that place looks awesome!!!! you know, there is a very slight, miniscule change that john's company might send him to london...

Emily said...

Really? For how long? I assume you mean you and the kids would come, too... It would be awesome to see you!

lizS said...

oh man, if me and the kids can swing it, you bet we're coming! and i dunno how long. like i said, remote teeny weeny possibility. but i immediatly thought of you guys and thought, we'll have someone to show us around, lol!!