Smiling Hill Farm

Smiling Hill Farm opened for the season this past weekend.  I knew I wanted to take Braden sometime this week.  This morning we had music class, ran a few quick errands and on our way home we were driving by so I decided to stop in and check it out.  The rest of the week looks like it is going to be rainy, so it worked out great.

Last year they opened up in April - it was a bit chilly and some of the animals were unavailable.  This year they were doing some renovations and decided to open a bit later.  I really like the improvements that they made to the barnyard, which included a few more play structures and a little tractor play area.  Fortunately, this year Braden did not end up getting pooped on by any of the animals (there were no baby calves today or any cows for that matter).  

Braden had fun and of course was not happy about leaving!

Climbing inside the tractor

New tractor structure

Barn

Driving the truck

Would not come any closer to look at the birds

Llamas

Petting area - goats

At this point he wanted to be "up, up, up", especially near the sheep

Afraid of the sheep

Cute baby goats

Mini Horses

Riding the tractor

Enjoying lunch on the tractor

Afterwards Braden and I headed inside and shared a small vanilla ice cream!  Yum!

All afternoon he kept saying "cows, cows...".  Unfortunately, the cows were not out today - supposedly they should be around soon.  We will definitely go back again, because I purchased a deal on LivingsSocial for admission & feeding tokens (just didn't have it with me when we stopped in today on the way home from music).  

Then tonight after dinner Braden and I worked on a little cow craft.  I decided it would be a good night for that, because we didn't end up seeing any at the farm.  

**Don't mind the 22 month shirt - we've had it out for the last 2 days and finally took the pictures! **

Helping with the glue

Glues is fun, as long as I don't touch it! 

Patting the spots down

Cow

Holding it up and saying "moooo"