Wednesday at the farm

Every Wednesday for the past few months I have been leading a walk to our local farm. The idea behind this little hike is that it is short enough that the kids could walk if they wanted to, and everyone can run around at the farm and look at the animals (and I always buy fresh eggs) before it is time to return. This is the only hike that I continue to do on Stroller Hikes, simply because Samuel refuses to put up with the rest. Gone are the days when he was willing to ride on my back in the Ergo for a 2-3 hour hike.

Up until today, the walk being short enough for the kids to hike has been more a theory than a reality. Although the toddlers are completely physically capable of walking the mile to the farm, most of the time Samuel was unwilling to, or I was too impatient to allow him to.

Today, all of the 2 year olds decided to take on the challenge. It was less a walk to the farm, though, than an all out run.
Samuel has become very fond of holding Sophia's hand and telling her where he would like to go and what they should do next. Sophia then informs Samuel that she has no plan to do that and proceeds to inform him of what she will be doing. Samuel invariably agrees with her plan.

Case in point: Samuel said, "Sophia, walk farm." Sophia replied, "No Samuel, I am playing in tree."


Since the kids were leading the way, we had a few stops. In addition to the hollowed out tree, it was necessary for everyone to check out this big fallen tree. Everytime I walk past these trees (and a couple of other spots) I have thought about how much fun they would be to climb and play on. I was wondering how long it would take before the toddlers considered that too.
Samuel, Lillian, Sophia and Jesse across the top, Shannon below.This is a new favorite past time at the farm - learning how a pully system works.

Luna the Cow. An ever popular stop on the farm circuit.
These piglets share Shira's birthday. Of course, their mom only had to be pregnant for 3 months. Then again, she had ten babies.