A Day On The Farm

We took the boys to the Little Farm at Tilden Park in the Berkeley Hills this past weekend. With their growing mobility and Colin's future calling as a veterinarian, we thought this would be the perfect place for a weekend outing. The life of raising toddlers quickly snapped us back into reality when 30 seconds after arriving at the farm, a huge cow bellowed out a deep "MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" and promptly made Colin cry. We went from having visions of our two boys feeding the animals celery sticks and making all the farm animal sounds they've been learning from their books, to this:

After a while they calmed down and were able to enjoy the ducks and geese while bravely put up with the sheep. Jake was having a pretty good time and wasn't as scared, but his mood soured as soon as he did a face plant while walking. Chasing them around and trying to convince them both that everything was all right made both of us pretty stressed.

The boys rallied though and ended up having a decent time I think.