Drumlin Farm, Take Two

Hooray for our membership to the Mass Audobon and getting in free to Drumlin Farm! Finley's Grandpa and GG got us the membership when they visited last month and we went back today to enjoy the animals, the tractors, and the sunny, not-humid weather. To get Finley into his shoes quickly, I told him we were going to see animals and a tractor and after checking with me a few times, "a-mals?" yes! "tractor?"yes! we were on our way.

Finley eagerly got into his stroller and we rolled right through the entrance gate and down the hill to the farm. At the bird cages, he hooted at the owls and after a raven cawed, he cawed back. We rolled all around the farm looking at chickens, sheep, pigs, cows, and some adorable baby goats. Like this one:

He intently watched one cow lap up water right in front of us. "Moo!" and "water!" came out a bunch of times, but he wouldn't say "cow."

We could only watch the hayride go by so many times before hopping on!

We passed this big tractor along the way and Finley was certainly entranced by riding with a tractor while watching yet another one.

When we got back to the barn after the hayride, a third tractor was spotted. Finley was standing in front of it looking back at me and I grabbed my camera to snap a photo of something so HUGE (tractor) and something so small (guess who) but I wasn't fast enough and managed to get Finley running towards me instead.

What a happy accident, I love this photo!

We strolled over to the chicken coop and Finley was much more comfortable around all these feathered friends than last time. He watched them and smiled when they called out to each other. Before exiting the coop, Finley was able to get his hands on some wooden eggs and play around for a while.

We hadn't done this before and it was fun to watch him "play" with all the other kids. One boy, probably 8 or so, was very kind to Finley and kept handing him eggs that came out the chute down below so he wouldn't have to climb down himself. So sweet!

The big finale was the DIRT BOX :) I knew we should visit this last since Finley probably wouldn't want to leave.

Two shovels??? My goodness! Life just keeps getting better and better, doesn't it? After what felt like an eternity (to me, not to him), we washed our hands and got going. Just as he did with all the animals and tractors, Finley waved and said "buh-bye" to the dirt box and all those shovels.

Thanks, GG and Grandpa, we were thinking of you today at the farm and can't wait to go back!