Sunday, August 2, 2009

A Visit to the Farm

Hey all!! We got back from vacation around 2:30 a.m on Thursday morning. Poor Mark had to be at work at 7 a.m. that morning. As usual, we hit the ground running. We had dinner with friends that night, which I was over an hour late to because I locked my keys in my car about 45 minutes away from home and had to call AAA to send a locksmith. It stunk big time.

Friday morning, Kate and I met some of my teacher friends and their kiddos at Purina Farms. It's only about 15 minutes away, and Kate and I had never been. We packed a lunch and got there early around 9:30. The weather was just gorgeous!!

Here are the girls getting ready to go in.

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Then, the boys joined them.

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Seriously, aren't they all so cute standing there holding hands????

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Poor Kate kept falling in her tennis shoes. She is so used to sandals that she walked funny the whole time she wore her little Nikes.

Luckily, I brought her sandals along and changed her shoes pretty close to the beginning of the trip. She was looking a little silly falling over nothing!

The kids got to look at sheep.

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They got to play in hay, crawl through tunnels, drive toy tractors through corn, and ride on little tractor bikes.

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They got to pet pigs. One of the pigs had a yucky "behind" and Kate hasn't stopped talking about it every time pigs get mentioned.

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Here's Kate with a goose and one of the worker's hands. She was telling her why it's NOT a good idea to squeeze its beak. You would think it was the little guy next to her that tried that trick, but, nope... it was Kate! :)

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Then, we ventured to the dog show, where we saw dogs do lots of tricks including jumping into a dog pool to chase a frisbee. The kids LOVED that one!!

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After that, it was a picnic lunch and time to let the kids run a bit.

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We finished our trip off with a tractor ride around the farm.

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They were all exhausted!!

The kids played peek-a-boo around a tree while the Mamas packed the cars.

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And, like any good trip, it ended like this.

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I REALLY need to tighten that strap!!

The day was a job well done, Mamas!!

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