Family Fun

These days, we are averaging about a showing per week. But the past 2 weeks, they have taken place on weekends. Which, originally, I was not a fan of b/c it cut into our precious weekends (!) and unfortunately, naptimes too. However, I've finally realized that this has been a blessing in disguise....b/c as a result, we are having more "family fun time" together! We have taken more walks, played at more playgrounds, and yesterday....went to an awesome place called Lucky Ladd Farms out in Eagleville.

This is a popular pumpkin patch in the Fall, but just recently we discovered it was open on Saturdays in the Spring as well. Of course, there aren't any pumpkins, but the rest of the farm is still in operation....which includes a massive petting zoo, and a huge play area with an extra-fast slide! As you can guess, that was quite a highlight for us.

But first was the animals. As to be expected, Nate was very timid with the animals and didn't want to get near them or feed them & get his hands dirty. Here he is, being coaxed by Daddy to feed the goats. Didn't happen.

Seriously though, these animals were so cute. Check out the goat seesaw!! The kids got a kick out of that one.

Sweet Baby Girl ventured into the "petting" part of the farm and had fun with Oscar the ear-less goat and some chickens and sheep as well. Can she please be any cuter!?

Beautiful peacocks....Nate is still talking about their "blue necks" today.

Our brave Abby Reece loved feeding the goats, piece by piece! She would laugh and laugh each time they licked her fingers.

While Abby was busy with the goats, Nate found a turkey feather!!

This place also had a HUGE corn pen for the kids to play & dig in. Luckily, Abby didn't try to eat it too much. (This bodes well for our upcoming beach trip...hopefully she won't dig & eat the sand too much!)

BEST SLIDE EVER! Nate wore himself out running up the hill to do this slide so many times. We were 1 of 5 families at the whole farm, so we were able to go down the slide as many times as we wanted! Nate went with each of us, by himself, and even on his belly a few times! It was a fast & bumpy slide, and even Greg & I had a ball on it. As you can see from Abby's face, she didn't love it....but at least she was a good sport and didn't cry.



Winding down after the slide....we tried a few more things....the seesaw, playground, horsey slides (pictured here), the duck races, and bouncy balls.

It was a great family afternoon & I only wish we had discovered this place sooner!