Jake found out about this place from a coworker. So he told me to buy tickets for it. We couldn't go during the week, so we went that Saturday. Well it turns out it was scheduled to rain that day. But we didn't realize that til we were already on the road. So we went anyway. It was an hour and half away from home so we brought the kids tablets for them to have in the car. We got there and wished we had brought our rain-boots like all the locals.
We dressed the kids as warmly as we could and then started in. We got on a wagon ride that took us to the chick farm. This is where the kids got to pet and hold chicks and ducks. When we were done with that we started walking. Because it was so slippery William and Sydney slipped in the mud. William handled that a lot better than Sydney. After we got them cleaned up we continued down the road. We headed to find the baby black bears. They were super cute, but we couldn't get to close. We then had a potty break. Then we got in line to hold little bitty red snapper turtles.
After browsing for a few minutes (Jake bought each of the kids candy), we headed to get in line to pet rabbits, goats, and sheep. We were in that line for probably 45 minutes. For at least 15-20 of those William ran through the mud puddles. It was really cold outside. Sydney even wore my purple gloves because she was so cold. Jake held Lizzy for about 20 minutes. About the 30 minute mark I took the kids into this little wood-shop right next to the line to get out of the cold for a little bit. Finally we made it up and we got to see goats, sheep, a zebra, a camel, and piglets. The kids loved petting the goats and sheep/lambs. While I was finishing with the kids looking at the goats and stuff, Jake got in line for the baby rabbits. So we hopped in line with him right at the front and all the kids got to hold baby rabbits.
After we were done with that the girls got to ride horses and William was really mad that he couldn't ride one; but they had a horse tied up so we let William pet that horse while the girls finished their ride.Lizzy really enjoyed riding the horse. Her smile was so worth going and being in the rain and cold for hours. In order to ride horses the kids had to wear helmets. So the girls put on helmets, which of course meant William needed one too. So we just picked one up and it happened to be WAY to big for his head, but he wouldn't let us trade for a smaller one (by that I mean if we tried to take it off he would throw and epic fit). So we let him wear this huge helmet for a couple minutes.
About this time it had stopped raining and was actually warming up. At this point the kids really wanted to go ride the train. So while i waited in line with William, Jake took the girls to go see some more animals.
The kids loved, i mean LOVED the train. Sydney was having the time of her life. William and Lizzy were just giddy. The tunnel was of course one of their favorite parts.
After the train, we went into the cages where you could pet a baby goat. So the kids pet all sorts of goats, tried to feed them, and pet a baby goat. Then we went to the next cage and got to pet baby cows. The girls loved petting and trying to feed everything. They didn't want to leave.
After the cows we headed to the visitors center to use the bathroom and wash up before heading for home.
Before leaving town we needed to get gas and some food for our long drive home. William fell peacefully asleep.
It was a great day. And I am so grateful Jake suggested it and took us. And that we stayed during the rain. It was a lot of fun. And I appreciate Jake thinking of the kids. I really love and appreciate that he took time off work to spend with his family.
