On Saturday all of our local area farms (and there are lots of small farms around here) participated in a Harvest Celebration Farm Tour. With Ryan in Portland all day for a cross-country meet, Eli and I were excited to have something fun to do. I told Eli we were going to a farm as soon as he woke up in the morning, and he was so excited! After breakfast we headed to Fall City Farms to enjoy the animals and a wagon ride. As soon as Eli saw the animals, he took off running toward them. 
After briefly visiting each of the animals (cows, chickens, and horses), Eli found a sandbox full of tractors. Needless to say, he was a happy camper! 
Despite my attempts to get him to explore more of the farm with me, my little digger wanted nothing more than to stay in the sandbox! :) He did decide to venture out for a treat, though...the farm had a little stand set up with a mini-doughnut machine. Mmmm! Eli sat down on a pumpkin to enjoy his snack, and we got to listen to some good bluegrass music by a local duo called Spoonshine. 
After our snack we enjoyed a wagon ride, which Eli thought was pretty great. The wagon was pulled by a John Deere tractor, so Eli couldn't have been happier...until he got to "drive" a tractor himself. It wasn't a John Deere, but he didn't complain! :) 
Finally we headed back to the car, with a quick run through the hay maze on the way. 
The next (and last) stop on our farm tour was the River Valley Cheese farm. Though they're a popular farm because of their fresh, homemade cheeses, it was the baby animals that brought us to the farm. They had baby cows, goats and yaks (when was the last time you saw a yak up close?) that visitors could pet. Eli loved petting the baby animals, especially the goats. 
By the time we were done it was past nap time, and both of us were exhausted! We headed home for some rest after a really fun day together.
After briefly visiting each of the animals (cows, chickens, and horses), Eli found a sandbox full of tractors. Needless to say, he was a happy camper! Despite my attempts to get him to explore more of the farm with me, my little digger wanted nothing more than to stay in the sandbox! :) He did decide to venture out for a treat, though...the farm had a little stand set up with a mini-doughnut machine. Mmmm! Eli sat down on a pumpkin to enjoy his snack, and we got to listen to some good bluegrass music by a local duo called Spoonshine. After our snack we enjoyed a wagon ride, which Eli thought was pretty great. The wagon was pulled by a John Deere tractor, so Eli couldn't have been happier...until he got to "drive" a tractor himself. It wasn't a John Deere, but he didn't complain! :) Finally we headed back to the car, with a quick run through the hay maze on the way. The next (and last) stop on our farm tour was the River Valley Cheese farm. Though they're a popular farm because of their fresh, homemade cheeses, it was the baby animals that brought us to the farm. They had baby cows, goats and yaks (when was the last time you saw a yak up close?) that visitors could pet. Eli loved petting the baby animals, especially the goats. By the time we were done it was past nap time, and both of us were exhausted! We headed home for some rest after a really fun day together.
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