A Day on the Farm - Part 2

I never knew I would enjoy being on a farm as much as I did. There was so much going on around us. So many animals, so many people working, and so many beautiful things to look at.


These homing pigeons were the coolest things. I guess I never thought much about them before visiting the farm. They had close to 75 of them and told us that they would release them at weddings and funerals. As long as they were in a 60 mile radius of the farm, once the pigeons were released, they would just fly back home. How cool is that? Also, it was really neat to see them, a dozen at a time, flying from the coop and just circling the farm way high up in the sky. So free as birds are, yet content to be confined. It was really strange.


Here's Ella and her new found friend (which she later told me she named her Sweetie Pie) looking at the sheep.


The hay maze had a slide at the end of it, and when all the kids got to the end, it was a battle of the strongest to get up and go down the slide first. Notice her hand on the little boy behind him....She would get up top and keep looking at me as if to say, "Its my turn now, right Mommy?" I would have to take my eye out of the camera and say, "Go ahead Ella, it is your turn now."


There were cats EVERYWHERE you looked. They were a big hit for the kids as they were waiting to get on the hayride.

A Day on the Farm, Part 1

As I mentioned before, My mom and I took Ella for a hayride last week. Included was the hayride, alot of animals, a horse ride, a hay maze and a pumpkin. We had a wonderful morning.

I gotta tell ya, I don't think I ever enjoyed Fall before as I have this season. The colors seem so much more vibrant than ever before and Ella has enjoyed every second of playing in the brisk weather, frolicking in the leaves, hugging her pumpkin as if it is a baby and telling everyone that the leaves are going to fall just before the snow comes. It must be the age. And I must not have ever seen the season through the eyes of my child as I have this year.





I was so hoping Ella would get on that horse. And she did, without hesitation. Before the ride was over, she was blowing kisses and waving as if she was the princess of the parade.

The Teacher - BSM

I brought Ella for a hayride last week. It was such a fun experience watching her be on a farm and interacting with all the different animals. They had pigs, ducks, kittens, horses, sheep, homing pigeons....Anything you could think of.

This little girl was in our group and Ella just clung to her. As I was taking this picture, I heard her say, "Little girl, let me teach you about the horses."



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