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We spent last weekend at the farm! We started off our trip with a flat tire in Ohio. Totally unexpected, and annoying, but we lucked out. We were only about 15 minutes from Scott's cousin at work, and he put us in touch with a tire store. From the time the tire blew, until we were back on the road, only about an hour went by, so it wasn't too bad.

Joshua has been very excited about going to a real farm, and once he realized that is where we were going, he wouldn't stop chattering about it. When we finally got there, he didn't know what to do first.

It was absolutely beautiful when we got there, and since the rest of the weekend was questionable, we decided to try and do as much as we could before it got dark. We headed over to the part of the farm that has the horses. Josh was so excited! We traipsed through the field - some of the grass was higher than Joshua's waist! They also had a few pigs, which have become Josh's new favorite animal.



From there we went over to the cow barn. There were plenty of tractors there to crawl on, mud to squish through, and hay to feed to the cows. There's a trampoline near by, and Josh learned how to "Jump High!" After we tore Josh away from there, we headed up to the pig barn. He ran up and down the aisles between the pens, and was super excited.



Saturday we went to Velvet Ice Cream Company. We took cheerios to feed the ducks, then went in for ice cream. Josh was more interested in playing than in ice cream, so afterwards, we played in the playground behind.



For supper, we had a cookout at the farmhouse. Most of the family came down, and we were able to catch up with everyone. The kids made use of the swingset and the trampoline, and even crawled on top of some hay bales. It was a really nice evening.

Sunday morning, we visited all of the animals one more time before we left. Joshua was very upset we had to leave.

Josh starting asking when we're going to go back. He understands that it's far away, and we won't go again until next year, but it doesn't stop him from asking! I've been taking him to the Game Perserve, and we have a trip to Round Hill Farm planned in a couple weeks. Hopefully that will be enough to hold him until Spring!

If you'd like to see the rest of the pictures, you can view them in the Farm Album.



In other news, Chelsea has her first 2 teeth! The first one broke through last Tuesday, and the 2nd on this past Wednesday. She has the cutest little grin! If you look close, you can see them.