Fun at the Farm

On Friday night we decided to head to Johnson's Farm for some outdoor time. We started with looking at the classic cars that were on display, then had some delicious barbecue. We walked over to check out the animals.

N enjoyed walking on the tires.

Paul and I could have watched the goats forever. There were a lot of babies (kids?) and they looked so funny and playful, we left trying to figure out how we could have a goat!

Trying to get the two of them to look at me in a picture is becoming almost impossible.

The rope maze that they quickly cheated their way through by climbing under and over the ropes.

I love the way Rudy's Star Wars shirt looks like a third person here. The way his hand is placed I think he did it on purpose.

After seeing the animals, we headed to the playground and practiced our tractor driving. Rudy had the speech about sitting and here's what vegetable we'll pick next down pat!

The biggest monkey climbed the spider web structure.

Future pitcher?

Rudy was just a little too big for these and N was just a little too small.

Rudy fit on these better but the track was harder to navigate and he ended up getting off and pushing it a few times.

Our drive home included a rainbow that then turned into a double rainbow.

Earth Day Festival

Sunday was the Earth Day festival at our local recycling center. The last few years I have had other plans on the day of this festival, so I was excited to get a chance to go. Paul was working so Rudy and I headed out.

There was an RV set up as a classroom that had this cool touch pad puzzle.

Rudy got a plant to add soil to and bring home. Hopefully we'll be able to plant it this week.

And of course he had to go down the big slide - not sure why he had to go down backwards, though!

The tunnel slide.

I think Rudy wants a pygmy goat for a pet. He just wanted to stay and pet and hug his goat. His name was Hijinx.

This happened several times, fortunately the goat's teeth were not strong enough to actually tear his shirt!

A pony ride.

We took a hayride to the top of the landfill, which is the highest point in our county. The view was amazing. We could see to the ocean, but the picture I took of that direction didn't turn out. The neat thing about this is that this recycling center not only provides all it's own energy, but it also creates enough to give back to the grid.

Rudy and the Supercan!