the farm: take two.

^^^How come all of my favorite pictures are always out of focus?

Last month, when Franz still had an owie on his nose, we took advantage of $2 Tuesday at Thanksgiving Point and went to their little farm. (Side note: we were going to go to the Museum of Natural Curiosity, but the line went out the door and down the sidewalk, so we skipped out and decided the farm was good, too.) Since the last time we took Franz to a farm, he's become more aware of his surroundings, so we thought it would be fun.

We were totally right. Over the last few months, we've been reading him books about different kinds of animals, like cows (mooooooo!), horses (neigh!), and sheep (baaaaaa!).  When we pointed out the horses and cows to him, in particular, and made their respective sounds, he got so excited, and you could tell that he recognized them! It was so much fun to watch. We even have a video of him petting a horse, and it's probably the cutest thing ever.

He was in awe the whole walk around the farm. Horses, chickens, cows, goats (my favorite), ducks, geese, and rabbits! He could not get enough! I'm excited to take him back again!

a day at the farm.

^^^Look at that horse's crazy eye!

At the end of June, we took Franz up to Wheeler Farm to see all the animals! In my mind, I imagined that Franz would be excited as all get out about all the animals moving around, with all the different sounds they make. When we got there, Franz didn't give a hoot about anything. In fact, I took him right up to where the horses were hanging out, and he didn't even flinch. Now that's he's almost 9 months old (what?!), I feel like he would find them more amazing than he did those few weeks ago.

The day was really hot, but it was so much fun seeing the turkey, goats (my favorite, because babies!), pigs, sheep, and horses while eating some apple-flavored salt water taffy that we got from the little shop at the farm. I think another trip in the cool fall weather is in our future. :)

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