Kinder Farms

Yesterday we took Jamie to Kinder Farms Park. It's not a kids farm like the name might suggest, that's just the family name, but it does have animals. It's run by volunteers and local 4H clubs. They raise chickens, goats, a few cows, sheep, and rabbits among other things. Jamie had a great time looking at all the animals. He even got into the farming mood by pouring a bucket full of muck all over himself. They also had lots of old and restored tractors and implements all over the place which he loves. It's a pretty cool place to take a kid. To top it off the have a great big playground. We'll be going back!

Sparkles the goat



Jamie and the bunnies.



Jamie attempts to feed the piglets a rock. (The other kids were feeding them grass, Jamie just has to be different. I blame his mother.)



Yet another goat.

Haircut!

Jamie had his first real haircut this weekend. He's had a couple of trims to get the hair out of his eyes but we've always just let the rest grow wild.

Wild Hair:



We set him in his chair at snack time and started to cuttin' We found that M&M's were the best distractors. (What problem can't M&M's solve?!!??)



We left the leftovers outside for the birds to line their nests with.



Here's the results:



A little boy emerged!



I also got into the act. Here I am, shaved head and beard, sporting the lambchops:

Too cool

No caption needed.

Happy Easter!

Here are some pictures from Jamie's first Easter egg hunt. He was very exicted about it. Friday Christine explained to him how the Easter bunny comes and hides Easter eggs full of candy in the yard. Then Jamie says "I want Easter egg", so then she says Okay, lets practice, and she took one egg and "hid" it in plain sight on the couch. ("Hiding" is a relative term when you are talking about a two year old.) When he found it and opened it and saw that there really was candy inside he said "I love Easter egg!". When Sunday morning came it was more of the same. He loved it. Here's the photographic evidence.