Farm Days

I live in an area that still has a lot of farms.  About 10 minutes from my house there is a Farm Museum.  It has all sorts of old things that relate to farm life.  Every Spring they have some Saturdays that they set aside for kids.  They plan kid friendly activities and have a little petting zoo.  It fell on Saturday when the girls were going to be here, and I knew they would enjoy it.  Bob had to work so it was just me and the girls.

The museum is across the street from the Hardware and Feed store.  It's been around a while, as you can see.

 Here's the entrance to the Museum.

 This old windmill is in the front of the building.

 When we walked in, we had to check out the top of the silo.  Isn't it cool?

 There was a stuffed animal petting zoo to start with.

 They got to sit on a big tractor...

and try out a little one too.

 But they were most excited about seeing the real animals.

 It's so fun to hold a bunny!

 Pure joy!

 Alaina had a hard time putting this bunny down.

 But she finally checked out the chickens.

 Ruby did too...

But she wasn't too sure about this goat!

 Alaina got her face painted and became a kitty!

 And she did a little crafts and painting too.

 Alaina got to try out a machine that took the kernals off an ear of corn,

and then tried another one that ground the corn cob down into something that could be used as animal bedding.

She even got to use a machine to twist her own piece of rope!

Here they are at the end of our visit.  They got stickers and bracelets, they got to make felt butterflies, twist rope and paint a wooden flower.  What a fun time!  Grandma was a little tired from chasing after Ruby while Alaina did some of the activities, but it was worth it!