It was just a little bit crazy. We met Jonah's grandparents, aunt, uncle & cousins and Mommy's aunt, uncle, cousins & kids at Davis' Farmland. Daddy even took the day off from work! 9 adults and 6 kids. Yikes! It was a super fun day, petting the animals, splashing at the mining river and playing in the splash park.
I think Jonah enjoyed it most out of the whole group. He wasn't afraid of any animals, though he preferred to stand close without actually touching most of them. We saw lots of goats and sheep, a couple turtles, an emu, pig, and chickens. Jonah really likes the "toddler" chickens, probably because he could relate. He wasn't so interested in the baby chicks or adult hens. Jonah decided the hay ride was the perfect time for a milk break, which was fine, since he couldn't get up close to the cows and horses anyway. Silly Mommy had left the diaper bag on the stroller and was unprepared for discrete nursing, but there is no stopping a voracious Jonah!
Jonah was super excited when we neared the splash park. He kept pointing at the water and the kids and could barely contain himself long enough to change into his swimsuit. Then he got up close and became a little timid near the water. He enjoyed watching and when one of the sprays stopped, he would get all curious and go up to check out the nozzle... until... splash! He didn't appreciate the surprise. I was glad to find a "little kid" area, which was tamer and meant he could check it out at his own pace without getting run over by excited big kids. We did venture into the larger area near to end, where we found water wheels that Jonah could spin - and would have kept spinning all day, had we let him! I bet next year he runs around with reckless abandon. :-)
After the farm adventure, we all had a cookout and celebrated Great-Grandma Lil's 82nd birthday! We even got a group photo of all 5 grandkids: ;-)
