Believe it or not, there’s a 12 acre farm in the middle of Kansas City—and it’s amazing. Katie’s here visiting this weekend, and the three of us took the girls to check out the livestock and other country attractions. By the way—3:2 is the perfect adult:child ratio for an outing like this . . . I hope she never leaves!
Olivia LOVED the animals–especially the cows. “Cows” just happens to be her new favorite word, in fact. Check out this video of her experience with a calf:
Speaking of cows, Ava picked up a new trade.
She wisely decided to keep her distance from this guy.
Katie bottle fed a few overzealous goats. The whole thing was a bit much for Ava, though, who fled the pen halfway through the feeding frenzy. The goats, in turn, ran from Olivia, who chased after them saying, “Nice, nice…”
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Posted by Rebecca's Mom on April 20, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Reminds me of our first trip returning Ava home from a summer visit at our house . . . “Cows!!!” and “Airmane!!!” She didn’t miss either. I think Katie was along that time, too.
Love the video — especially Bryan’s chuckle at Olivia’s reaction to the calf touching her hand. How fun!
Posted by Karyl on April 22, 2009 at 7:08 am
What a fun place you discovered! The girls are so darn cute! Love the video of Olivia!
Posted by Doug on April 27, 2009 at 2:06 pm
I can’t get the memory of Olivia petting Scout and saying “Nice, nice . . . ” over and over out of my head.