A Trip to the Farm

Today everyone was feeling a little better and before spring break passed us up, I knew we needed to get out.  We headed to a 1800s farm near our home that we had never visited before.  The friendly animals definitely made this trip worth while!

My son was surprised by how cold the water was!

We loved the chicken that jumped the fence!

This chicken was smart enough to get back in after my son followed her around.

The horse came over to say hello.

He was one of our favorites!

The piglets were funny, too.

There were some really BIG pigs there!

When we got home the boys went their separate ways, but I wanted to find my favorite baby book about farm animals.  I looked in almost every place I keep books and I finally found it in the basement!  You can tell it was one of our favorites because one of the pages is ripped off, but Baby Girl enjoyed it.

Noisy Farm by DK Publishing is a baby's lift the flap board book that includes farm animals such as a pig, goat, and cow.  When you lift the flap it has the words for what sound that animal makes.  Simple? Yes.  Perfect for babies?  Double yes!  I remember reading this so many times with the boys.  Now it is perfect to read with the baby AND my three year old even wanted to read it a couple of times before bed.

While we were eating dinner, my kindergartner loved telling my husband all about the trip to the farm.  I decided it would be a good day to have him try a journal entry.  We try this every so often, but I would be lying if I told you I have him write it as much as I should!

Here he is starting to write.

 I had him at the table with three pictures from our day, paper, a pencil, and some peace and quiet.  My husband had the other two kiddos in the bath tub.  My kindergartner sat at the table for 20 minutes and wrote.  Then he drew a detailed picture of himself petting the horse.  I had him read me his writing and he was so proud of it!  I might have to try this again in a week or two.  I don't want to push it or set my expectations too high lol.  I think summer will be a great time to try to make journal writing more routine!

I put his writing on the front of this green paper, and our photos on the back.  Then I put this in a page protector and added it to his journal binder that we made last year.  When he got out of the shower he was very excited to look through his old entries and read his new one.