To the Farm We Go

Last weekend, we trekked off to Green Meadows farm again.  It is one of Zachary's favorite activities and of course we're trying to get Kaleb over his animal phobia, so it is the closest thing to being on the farm as we can get!

Several of our us snagged the "groupon" coupons that they had a few months back for a cheap deal, so even though it is still hot in September, we headed off to the farm.  Karis was at a conference, so it was Amy flying 'solo', and she was joined by Bergherms and Deiningers.  Grodacks were supposed to come but were struck down with the deadliest case of pink eye we've seen (you were missed guys!).

Kaleb continues to make small steps forward in his fear of animals, so we'll continue to try and expose him little by little.  He still wouldn't milk the cow, but he did run into the pen with the goats and willingly touch them without having his hand on top of Mommy's hand (just the finger tips would actually touch the sheep, but the goats were another matter apparently!).  We were so fortunate because it ended up being fairly cool (relatively speaking) in the shade and twice it sprinkled (just like the Disney World misters, but only natural!) which kept us cool.

The chicken whisperer - no problems catching a chicken!

Ahh, a close encounter with Zachary's beloved bison!

Look mom, no fear here!

Last week Zachary was also 'inducted' into the Apopka Adventurers program.  We joined this year as we thought we had a conflict with the FLEC Adventurers program (which hasn't yet ended up being a conflict) but we've REALLY enjoyed it.  We know the Hilliards and Edris' as well in the group, so it is fun to be able to see them on a more regular basis.  The program is very well organized and has a lot of fun activities, so we've been impressed so far.  They had a bake sale last weekend, so we stayed to have a few "sweets" in the name of supporting the club - the boys chose the biggest cupcake they could to enjoy.

Tyler, Zachary and Cole

Love the icing face!

Phrase of the week:  "Mommy, I want to swim with Uncle William"  "Why, do you want to swim with Uncle William or just swim in his pool?: (Pool is very large and fun!).  No, Uncle William.  Why?  Because he wrestles and plays with me, and he's just my best guy.  Too sweet - kudos to Uncle William for being Zachary's best guy!  Kaleb's sweet moment is when he has started to change his night-time song from the traditional "Night-night Kaleb, Mommy loves you, Daddy loves you, Night-night Kaleb, night-night Kaleb, Jesus loves you, Jesus loves you" - he now switches the first Jesus to Zachary and the last one to Grandma and then was squeezing in Jesus at the end to try and get in EVERYONE who loves Kaleb! :)