Quite some time ago, Meg took to calling our little group the Adventurers. Official Adventurers include Meg, Clare, me and our dear friend Nicole. Nicole is a former neighbor who not only joined us on many day outings, but often planned them and would say to the girls, "Let's go on an adventure." So, Meg decided we were the Adventurers. Daddy gets to be an honorary Adventurer when we are traveling, but he has a tendency to complain on trips so he is on provisional status as a full-fledged Adventurer. Baby Anne is currently Baby Adventurer and will likely received full Adventurer status when she is older and can at least walk on the adventures.
The Adventurers have been stir crazy for months. In the late fall I was nine months pregnant and had little energy. Then we had a newborn. Once we were finally starting to get out of the house, this horrible winter hit. With snow, ice and our highs below 20 degrees, we've just stayed in the house. Yesterday we were finally done with it. There was no snow, no ice and it was a balmy 34 degrees, so we decided to head to one of our favorite places--Frying Pan Farm Park.
The Adventurers have been stir crazy for months. In the late fall I was nine months pregnant and had little energy. Then we had a newborn. Once we were finally starting to get out of the house, this horrible winter hit. With snow, ice and our highs below 20 degrees, we've just stayed in the house. Yesterday we were finally done with it. There was no snow, no ice and it was a balmy 34 degrees, so we decided to head to one of our favorite places--Frying Pan Farm Park.
Frying Pan Farm Park was one of our earliest adventures. When Clare was just a few months old and Meg was not yet two, I would take the girls to the farm so Meg could see the bunnies--she loved bunnies. It is relatively small and easily walkable with a baby in a Bjorn. Children can get quite close to the pigs, goats and sheep. As you can see above, Meg was able to get very close to a chicken yesterday who was walking around outside its coop. I have my doubts it was supposed to be there.
We have taken advantage of many opportunities Frying Pan has to offer. We've ridden the carousel and gone on the wagon ride. We've even been on the Halloween hayride, though, to be honest, there is no hay and it is just the wagon ride at night with some decorations. We've attended their special farm days. The girls participated in a Jr, Farmer event, which allowed children to help with the end-of-the-day farm chores, such as brushing the horses, sweeping out the barn and even collecting eggs from the chicken house (unfortunately, Clare threw her egg in the basket and created a bit of a mess). Frying Pan Farm Park has been instrumental in convincing my little city girls that they are actually farm girls.
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