Farm Country

Today the girls and I went to Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point. We met some friends there and had a great morning. We've never been to the Farm Country part of Thanksgiving Point, but now that I know how much the girls enjoy I will have to go more often. Of course next time it would be nice if Noah and daddy could join us.

Hope LOVES horses right now. She has a whole herd of little toy horses that she carries around with her everywhere. I was excited to see that a pony ride was included with the purchase of the entry ticket and I was sure that Hope would be too. That wasn't really the case. The pony ride was the first stop we made and although she seemed to enjoy watching the ponies and the other kids ride the ponies, she didn't want to do it herself.

However, her cute little friends were very excited to have a pony ride and eventually, at the last minute, Hope gave in and agreed to ride one. I was carrying Eden in one hand and trying to take a video with the other hand while making sure that Hope didn't fall off the pony so I didn't get very get pictures or video of it. I felt bad that Ben wasn't there for Hope's first pony ride experience, so I was trying to take as many as I could.

Hope's friends: Aubrey, Brooke & Zoe

Next we went to see the donkey and goats. The girls fed the goats. Well actually Hope watched her friends feed the animals. She "didn't want them to tickle her" so she just threw a few kernels of corn in their general direction. The goats were really funny. They all seemed to have silly personalities and made me laugh inside. I can see how being around them would make someone happy. Unless they were cleaning up after them, I guess. :)

Eden got brave enough to get down from the safety of mom's hip and got pretty close to some of them a few times. Every once in a while she would get a little freaked out and come running back to my side. I love how she is crouching down in one of the pictures to look at the the animals.

Then the kids ran around the little grassy field and played a game of "Boo" with the haunted house prop. The girls would take turns peeking through the window at the other girls and say "BOO!" Then all the girls would scream and giggle and run around. It was pretty cute.

There were about three little play houses set up to look like an old western town and Eden found the jail to be quite interesting.

A carriage ride was also included in the ticket purchase and we chose to ride in one that looked like Cinderella's carriage. Look at Hope taking up all that space and her friends are all squished to one side. Love her smile in the bottom picture though.

Our last stop was the produce play area. It was set up for the kids to see how things are planted then harvested then taken to a big farm truck with a conveyor belt. ;)

They had lots of fun. Thanks to Heather for the invite!
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