Saturday, April 17, 2010

Lucky Ladd Farm

In celebration of Claire's birthday we went to Lucky Ladd Farm. It was a really cool place with a petting zoo, baby animals (in the Spring), hay rides, a really cool playground and other farmy things (in the fall they do the pumpkin patch, etc).

I had read on the website that a professional photographer was on hand to take pictures of the kids holding a baby bunny, goat, or chicks. I dressed Claire up (as much as she'll allow) and even had a bow in her hair. She was all excited to hold the animal - she picked the bunny, but unfortunately the photographer took too long trying to get her to look at the camera and smile. The bunny got restless, scratched Claire, Claire threw the bunny on the floor and gone were my hopes of a cute 2 year old picture. I have a really cute picture of Caden though...

After eating lunch and seeing the baby animals in the barn the kids watched a guy do science experiments. Claire was selected to help squeeze some "super science juice."

Next we walked around and fed the animals. The goats had a catwalk type thing they climbed on which ended up at the "goatercoaster." This was a conveyor belt rigged that carried food from the kids on the ground to the goat perched above.

Finally, the kids enjoyed the huge playground. They took a barrel ride, played on swings and playgrounds, roped pretend cattle and played in a sandbox filled with corn. The most exciting attraction was the monster slide. One side was a huge pipe and the other side was flat, open, and lined with hay. Who was the first one down? - you guessed it, Claire. She climbed up the hill, up the ladder, and before I could find someone to help her she was at the bottom ready to go again. That girl is a mess.
We will definitely visit again in the fall.

1 comment:

Mia said...

It was so much fun! We all had a really good time. I'm glad the kids got to go on the train ride.