Sunday, November 17, 2013

A boy and his baa sheep

Today we decided to try visiting a park we had not been to before, called Ardenwood Farm in Fremont. It was a nice day and the park has both farm animals and a train so there was a good chance Coby would like it. And he did!
The train is unique because a horse pulls a train car on a track. We went on it twice.
We also saw turkeys, chickens, pigs, cows, and sheep. We spent quite awhile with a sheep that Coby befriended. He wanted to feed the "baa sheep". We found some nuts on the ground that he could drop for the sheep. He kept saying "baa sheep. hungry? nuts. down there. bottom. coby" I think this can be interpreted as "Mr. Sheep, are you hungry? Look down there at the bottom. There are nuts. Coby put them there." He was very determined to get the 'baa sheep' to eat the nuts and kept finding more and giving him more.
The park also has an old Victorian house that has a special tour for kids under 6 on Sundays. We did that tour for about 10 minutes before Coby decided he was done.
They also had a little cooking demonstration in an old wood stove, so we could try pumpkin pie, corn bread, pancakes, and popcorn. 
It was a nice park and we will be back there again!