On Monday morning our Monday Moms group from church went to a farmstead in Overland Park, KS. Monica woke up that morning super excited because not only were we going to see the animals, but her friends Jack and Caleb were going to be riding in her car. Monica loves Jack and Caleb and talked all morning about how excited she was about them coming in her car to the farm. The very first thing that Monica spotted when we got there were the ponies. Monica has become quite a horse lover over the past few months. I asked her "do you want to ride the pony?" He face lit up like a Christmas tree. Here is a picture of her waiting in excitement to ride the pony.
The pony ride is a short 2 minute ride around a figure eight, and Monica loved every second of it. After the ride was over she told me "Mommy, I pretended I was a princess when I was on that pony."
After the pony ride we headed over to see the baby goats. You could buy a bottle to feed the goats for $1. Monica loved playing mommy to the goats.
Olivia was less impressed with the farm life. She was not a fan of any animal, and hated if they came close to her. I was able to snap one quick picture of her as she was backing up screaming because the goat came close to her.
In the cow barn Monica got to practice her milking skills by milking this plastic cow. When you squeeze the utters water would shoot out into the pail. At first she was not so sure if she liked it, but after only a few seconds I could barely drag her away from it.
Olivia did not mind the cow barn because there was a gate between her and the animals. She was even brave and reached in and touched the cows.
After seeing some of the animals we had a picnic lunch by the playground, and then we played for awhile. There were a lot of kids there, so the girls had to share a swing. They had a lot of fun laughing together in their swing. We will definitely go back to the farmstead and see the parts we did not have time to see (due to nap time quickly approaching and meltdowns just around the corner). It was a fun place and best of all during the week, it is free!
The pony ride is a short 2 minute ride around a figure eight, and Monica loved every second of it. After the ride was over she told me "Mommy, I pretended I was a princess when I was on that pony."
After the pony ride we headed over to see the baby goats. You could buy a bottle to feed the goats for $1. Monica loved playing mommy to the goats.
Olivia was less impressed with the farm life. She was not a fan of any animal, and hated if they came close to her. I was able to snap one quick picture of her as she was backing up screaming because the goat came close to her.
In the cow barn Monica got to practice her milking skills by milking this plastic cow. When you squeeze the utters water would shoot out into the pail. At first she was not so sure if she liked it, but after only a few seconds I could barely drag her away from it.
Olivia did not mind the cow barn because there was a gate between her and the animals. She was even brave and reached in and touched the cows.
After seeing some of the animals we had a picnic lunch by the playground, and then we played for awhile. There were a lot of kids there, so the girls had to share a swing. They had a lot of fun laughing together in their swing. We will definitely go back to the farmstead and see the parts we did not have time to see (due to nap time quickly approaching and meltdowns just around the corner). It was a fun place and best of all during the week, it is free!
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