Thank goodness for Amber telling me that the Pennsylvania Farm show was this week. I'd always known about it, but never really thought to take the little women there. Enter one prospective farmer.. roughly 30 inches tall who answers to the name of Beebster. Totally different picture. This was something we had to do! We've been looking forever for a dairy farm (which is not hard considering we're right next to good ol' Lancaster County) so that Beebster could visit with her precious Boo's, but I had never even thought to take her to the farm show. We've been watching it though on TV every now and then since they show it live, and they both kept asking and asking to go.
My little woman was in absolute heaven. Both Cran and Beebster had the best day. We even got to take a shuttle bus to the farm show complex, which put the cherry on top of their day. They were both screeching in delight that they got to ride a "school bus" together. Haha. Maddie is always talking about the day that she'll get to ride the bus with Momma, Daddy, and Beebster (although I have warned her that Dan and I will clearly not be allowed to ride the bus to school!). So, they were in heaven even before entering the doors to the farm show.
We got a free Turkey Hill sample of ice cream upon entering. Maddie loves her ice cream. Faith was loving the Turkey Hill boo's. We headed straight toward the back so that we could get this cow and sheep lover to her animals. Faith didn't even know where to start. She started jumping up and down when she saw the classic black and white dairy cows. She wanted to see every single cow there. She kept trying to cross the line to pet them, and I had to tell her that they could kick and that that is why the rope was there. Ha. Maddie wanted desperately to see horses. She kept telling us she wanted to ride a horse and brush it's mane. All of the horses were out for an exhibition show, but she and Faith were able to pet a horse that was there which made their day.
They LOVED the baby ducks that were swimming and sliding. I think they both thought they reminded them of the ducks from "Planet Earth" and so they were laughing hysterically when the little ducklings would slide down the slide into the water. They were fascinated by the chicks hatching from eggs that we could actually see right before us. That was really neat! They both laughed at all of the roosters and hens. Faith sat crouched for the longest time watching a mother pig with her piglets. And, they both got a kick out of the Baa that started baaing loudly right to them.
There was a lot of kid-friendly stuff that of course they loved. These girls can NOT go without riding a carousel if they see one. And, so they rode it. I wondered if that was my Beebster screeching when the ride ended, and sure enough Dan was headed towards me with a screeching Beebster who didn't want to get off of the ride! There was an area where they got to play with corn kernels and fill their buckets with them which they both loved. Maddie and I did an activity where she had to fill her basket with stuff from a list-- she had to get eggs from the hens, pick apples from the trees, and dig for potatoes from the ground. She really liked that a lot.
They had an awesome day. They crack me up too at how much they love doing stuff that each other likes to do. Maddie kept tickling Faith and asking her, "didn't you have the best day with your boo's and baa's?!" And, on the drive home they were of course listening to their Mary Poppins songs and "Spoonful of Sugar." When it gets to the part where Michael gets stuck in the closet, Faith stars wiggling her feet and going "Dee! Dee!" because she knows Maddie loves that part, and they both start laughing. They were quite full of beans when we got home and Maddie was chasing Faith around calling her her "little mouse." They passed out quickly tonight, but not before Dan and I heard Maddie reading a Pinocchio book to her Beebster.
I can only imagine all of the dreams they'll have tonight of farm animals!
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