Down on the farm

Christopher has been gone on a Team Building trip so it has just been me and the kids. This means I plan lots of activities to completely wear them out so I get a good nap out of them and hopefully a good nights rest. Yesterday we were up and at 'em early and headed out to Frying Pan Farm. My friend Elizabeth suggested it and man was it fun-- throw in the fact that it is free and it is down right fabulous! Apparently I parked in the wrong parking lot so we had a nice walk down a dirt road. The boys had fun stopping and playing on the old trucks and farm equipment (I am begging for another trip to the emergency room I guess.)

Who needs a triple stroller right? We have been using our Jog stroller since the airport guys broke the wheel off our regular stroller then basically told me it was my fault for trusting them with it-- nice. Now we just have Liam or Sam perch on the front... TOTALLY safe.

Poor Sam was subjected to lots of picture taking that day. I wanted to see if I could get a good picture our of our old point and shoot camera (this thing made it through Iraq with chris!).

It doesn't do to bad of a job. The harder part was getting Sam not to grin like a crazy person :)

Liam on the other hand barely acknowledges me when I take his picture. Sure he says cheese, as he looks anywhere but at me. I don't even ask him to say cheese is the funny part. I just ask him to look at me.

After all three cuties piled on the stroller I realized no one was getting a work out but me, and although I do need it badly I could see this outing was going to have the reverse affect and simply tucker me out. I booted them out of the stroller and told Sam he needed to run around. He got out and literally started running in circles. I started laughing and asked him what he was doing "Mom you said to run around!" Then after seeing the chickens they decided they were birds. This is them flapping down the road.

This farm is sooooo toddler friendly. In all the barns they have bench's for the kids to stand on so they can look down into the stalls. The boys stared FOREVER at these two HUGE pigs. When it snorted Liam laughed so hard and Sam tried to mimic it:

Then they had this great little yard area with mini tractors. Liam had a hard time getting up

But Sam had no problem

I thought this sign was great, especially the part about making cool tractor noises. It worked, I totally started making tractor noises for the boys.

After the boys kicked back and relaxed watching Peter Pan in the car. I had to take this picture for Chris's Dad, I am telling you it is hereditary!

We will certainly be returning soon and often to this great little place.