Farming in the City

A few weeks ago Jonah had a field trip with his preschool to the Boys Town farm. I grew up so close to Boys Town and yet had never been to the farm and had no idea you could go for free whenever you want! I've put that in my mommy file of things to do on lazy summer days as we had so much fun petting and feeding all the animals and their babies.

Here's Jonah ready to go farming.

Farmer Mike gave us the tour and here he is holding a kid for the preschoolers to pet. Jonah was a little timid to pet at first, but once he warmed up he was petting everything in sight. Abby, however, was all talk and no game and was interested in the idea of petting, but when it came time she wouldn't pull the trigger. So funny to have a girly girl.
She looks cute as a farmer though, doesn't she?

They had a little pen where the kids would chase down and toddler (?) chickens. This is Jonah working up the nerve for about 10 seconds to hold the chick long enough for a picture. :)

And, we learned a little piece of trivia from Farmer Mike. Chickens with white ears lay white eggs and chickens with red ears lay brown eggs.

Watching the pigs run around.

Curious Abs.

Jonah got a little slimy feeding the cows...

And they're favorite part of the tour by far, feeding the goats. Abby actually had the nerve to join in on this one and they even discovered their own way of calling the goats over.

It was a fun day and nice break from the house chaos. So glad that Spring has finally arrived!