In May the playgroup took at trip to the Owen's Farm here in Richardson. Back in the day it was a real working farm where the Owen's family (as in Owen's sausage) started their business of raising pigs etc. There's still a working plant there, so the farm is more for show. We met our lovely tour guide Joe who is the main worker on the farm and was less than excited about his job of touring around moms and their kiddos, but he warmed up to us in the end!
The trip started with some goat feeding...and those billies are rather snarky when it comes to sharing feed. It's definitely survival of the fittest and you learn real quick the bullies in the pin. But they were all very sweet with the kids and with this being their first experience with goats, they didn't quite know what to think of those bearded 4-legged creatures.
Okay...Marshall's hat is a little too big, so it has affectionately been named "the sombrero" by his playgroup friends.
This is what it looked like when your hand was full of feed.
Sweet Mia was dressed in her farm attire...jeans, bandanna top and daisy headband! But she wasn't afraid of those goats, like her mom! ;)
I promise there's a child underneath that hat!
Next was the hay ride around the pond to see the geese and mini ponies!
Crikey, are we in the outback!?! (Or as Creighton would say, "A dingo ate my baby!")
The infamous "group shot"
We ended with a tour of the farm and some lunch by the stables. We saw their famous antique Owen's carriages, horses, lots of chickens and mini ponies. We even got to plant some pumpkin seeds and see one of the goose eggs hatch! Gotta love a day at the farm!
(A BIG thanks to Whitney and Michele for all the pictures...momma forget her camera, ugh!)
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