Farm Country

Ok, so I've been posting like crazy this month. Maybe it has something to do with me starting to feel better from this pregnancy and we are actually doing things!

All week long, I thought Brian was coming home today, when in fact, he doesn't get in until tomorrow (Wednesday). Since I was a little bummed at my disappointing news, I decided to take Jackson out for a fun day to let the time pass.

We went up to Thanksgiving Point to see the Farm Country! Jackson loved it! I wanted to take him for his birthday, but it was snowing that day (yes, in may- if you remember- it snowed). The sheep and goats had their young and Jackson really liked the baby animals. He is becoming familiar with Horses now, and so he really liked seeing them, as well as the cows (but only from a distance). He would get scared if the animals tried to poke their face through the gates and try to lick him. I think he was fascinated by the chickens and ducks, and we even got to see a peacock with it's feathers on display.

The animals are really friendly and come right up to the gate to see if you have any food to give them (they let you feed the animals corn if you pay 50 cents). Jackson had the opportunity to be at the goat pen when the animals were being fed by the farmer. He gave Jackson a handful of hay to feed the animals with. Of course, Jackson doesn't like the animals coming to him, so he threw the hay on the ground and was just as excited to see the goats cluster around the food he gave them, instead of feeding out of his hand.

We also got to go for a wagon ride and he could have ridden the ponies for free, but he was scared of them too. We just settled for petting them and moving on our way.

We had a wonderful day at the farm. It was hot, but he was just happy to be running around exploring someplace new without many rules. After a refreshing lemonade and snack, we hit the road back home.

We patiently wait for Brian to come home tomorrow!
I would have taken pictures to post, but Brian has the camera. I got these off the web-site, but you get the idea.