Thanksgiving Point Farm

So after about a week of hanging around the apartment and taking walks, Alden and I decided it was time to actually get out and have an adventure.  We've been reading a lot of books with different farm animals and decided we needed to see some in person.  We got on the phone and called Mercedes and Lucy right then and there to join us for an afternoon at the farm.  We went to the Thanksgiving Point farm/petting zoo and had so much fun.  We got to feed the goats kernels of corn and Alden has not afraid of them at all.  He held on to the fence and let the goats lick his fingers.  Even at the end, I had him hold a piece of corn and a goat ate it out of his fingers.

Next up were the turkeys and chickens, but we didn't get any pictures of them because someone kept wanting to hold on to their cages and I was afraid someone's little fingers would be pecked.  Then we visited the horses, pigs, ducks, and cows.  Alden loved looking at all the animals and wasn't afraid to get right up to the fences and be face to face with the animals.  The best part of seeing the horses were the rocks on the ground!

We concluded the visit with a pony ride.  I wasn't sure if Alden and Lucy were old enough to know how to do the pony ride or if they would even like it.  But Mercedes convinced me that we ought to try it.  Alden got right on his horse and loved every minute of it.  There were times when he would even do no hands.  Lucy wasn't as thrilled and wouldn't even sit down on the horse.  So we'll have to go back and give her another try.  And I know that Alden would be more than happy to do it again!!  He was so giddy after that he kept laughing to himself and doing his high pitch in take of air.

Waiting for our turn on the ponies - Lucy isn't so sure about this

Giddy up!

Ride 'em cowboy