The Farm at Swans

Today Lon did not want to go to school.  Well, until I told him it was early release day and we could go up to the Farm, see the animals, get a pumpkin or two, and have some fun. But if he stayed home we could not go. He got up, ate breakfast and we were on our way to school! 

After school, we went directly to the Farm. I took one wrong turn, but we found it just fine. Once we got there, our first stop was the hayride. Today was no charge for the hayride. They would go and drop people off at the corn maze entrance, we just went along for the ride. It got cold on the wagon! I bundled Lon up in my coat. We love hayrides.

Next year we will do the corn maze. This corn is actually high enough to be a maze! It is in the shape of the state of Washington. The paths through the maze are the roads of the state, the intersections are marked with town names. It is pretty cool.

We went to see the animals! They had kittens. Lon really enjoyed petting the kitten. He liked that the kitten's ears curled up like horns. This kitten was CUTE!

The furball Lon is looking at is actually 5 three week only baby bunnies. So tiny, so cute. Bunnies are adorable, and I love looking at them, but we are not going to  get a bunny as a pet. Ever.

The tractor beckoned. Lon was trying to see if he could take the brake off and get it started. He wanted to take a ride!

Running on the hay. I am not sure what those hay rolls are called, maybe just hay rolls.

Rubber ducks to push down to the other end. Water is not really as much fun when it is cold, but it is still fun.

Upstairs in the hay maze. Lon ran the hay maze 11 times.  ELEVEN

Lon loves this slide.

At the end of the slide

We took a break for some hot cocoa and a cinnamon roll. I had some hot apple cider. Lon tried it, and liked it!  Lon drank all his cocoa too. He said I really should put lots of whipped cream on his when I make him some more of it at home. And sprinkles. 

A sluice box, of sorts. It was a smooth run. They did have gold pans and a pond, but it was really cold.  He still wants to do more gold panning.

These slides are so cool! They are bouncey and fun! Three different lengths, Lon rode down all of them several times.

Lon in the slide.

On our way to pick out a pumpkin

I got one Mom! I will carry it back to our wheel barrow.  Lon picked out 5 pumpkins. Two to carve and three little ones for his wooden decorations. The ones we got in Virginia when he was very little.  Yes, Mom, we still love them and put them up every year!

Our happy little pumpkins! And since they were from the Farm, they are fresh and inexpensive!  They do not weigh them. When you check out your pumpkins, your cashier looks at them and tells you this is a 3 dollar pumpkin or a 5 dollar pumpkin. All ours came to 18 dollars, total. I liked that.

We put the pumpkins in the car. We had to bring the wheel barrow back, it is the nice thing to do. We saw a rainbow! 

We had to take one last look at the piglets! 5 days old! Lon still loves piglets.  There were 9 piglets with their mother.

Love this photo. There was no noise. Maybe he was just yawning.

The two Highland cows.

Lon named them Hamish and Claire.  Hamish after the Highland cow in a book from his Godmother. Lon does not think this cow has ever eaten toffees though. I have no idea why he called the other one Claire.

It was time to go home. We spent almost 3 hours on the Farm. Seeing and doing everything we could.   On the way home we were both hungry, so we stopped at McDonalds. Lon said it was because I am awesome.  After we got home and unloaded the car it was straight into the bathtub for Lon!  He did his homework, then off to bed. He had a busy day. He told me it was not a good day, it was an AWESOME day. He really likes the word awesome.

To find out more about the farm, and get directions for your own adventure go here: http://www.thefarm1.com/