Purina Farms

This past Friday, Rob, Baron and I met up with Stacy and Riley at Purina Farms. I didn’t even know about this place until a week earlier when a friend of mine suggested it. Wow, what a cool place and all for free! From what I was told, during Easter and Halloween, Purina offers several different activities than the normal day to day stuff. Easter they have a petting area and Halloween they have some kind of haunted house with hayrides around the property.

This was something that Baron really liked. Although it was packed and often hard at times to keep an eye on him, Rob and I walked away knowing that we would be back. The petting area they had set up had baby pigs, chicks, bunnies, lambs, cows, etc… and all that you could pet. Baron was a wild child running from one pet to the other constantly yelling “wow!”.

Once we were out of the petting area, we headed up to the dog show. Found a seat and tried to patiently wait for it to start. I really did think that I would have probably a good 2 mins sitting there and then I would have to go but he sat there and just watched. It wasn’t until the dog jumped in the water and it was all over from there. Boy did he like that. From then on all he kept saying was “dog, water” “dog, water” over and over again and even now when I play the video for him, I think he would sit on my lap and watch that for hours.

That big ol Bunny

Sunday we headed to the mall to have Baron sit with the Easter bunny. He did pretty good once it was our turn to sit in it’s lap. He didn’t give us a really good shot because he was too focused on looking up at the bunny. I think that’s the biggest bunny I have seen, abnormally big and I don’t know why. You wonder why so many little ones are afraid. After we sat Baron on it’s lap we kept calling out Baron’s lil tricks in order to get him to look at the camera. Finally, after asking him if he’s strong we were able to get a shot where he was looking straight at the camera. I’ll take it, at least he didn’t bawl.

 

 

 

Circus Time

The Circus was in town this past weekend and we thought it would be a great idea to take Baron. They had a 6pm show on Sunday night that fit our schedule perfectly. Brian and Avery also tagged along for the fun. Both of us were worried how the kids would respond and wondered if we all would be walking out 10 minutes after the start but that wasn’t the case at all!

They both loved it! Baron just stood in amazement watching everything go on while playing with his new light up toy. Avery was the same…I really wish at times I knew what they were thinking. Baron was such a good little boy. He stood and sat throughout the majority of the show and several times screamed at the top of his lungs and threw back a few dance moves. Such a good time!

 

 

   

Silhouettes

I have been wanting to take some of these shots for such a long time and with the nice weather I was finally able to. Thanks to Rob and Baron for being such great subjects. I guess I would have to say thanks especially to Rob for kicking up his heels and landing those action shots like a pro. Hee hee.

As we were getting ready for bed I kept smelling this strong odor (no not that;) and I finally was able to figure it out. Icy Hot! I think Rob bathed in that because it was sooo strong I could barely stand it. His pj’s clung to him like he had just jumped in water. I think all that jumping probably wasn’t the best of ideas and he’s still paying for it today. Oops…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little Spring in our step…

It’s so nice to be able to head outside with Baron and get out of the basement that seems like we have been down there FOREVER. Now I get it, wishing Spring would get here quicker so the kids can get outside. Totally understand… All Baron keeps saying is “outside, outside, outside” and “ride, ride, ride”. By the time we come back in, his face is red as a tomato and his hair is matted to his forehead. He drinks about a gallon of water and then it starts again, “outside, outside, outside” “ride, ride, ride”. We’re in for a fun summer!

  

 

Gator Ridin'

Baron is finally big enough to go for Gator rides. Severely strapped in of course. Rob has been itching for the weather to warm up to be able to take Baron for rides around the property. It was so sweet when Baron kept saying, "ride, ride, ride" after they were finished. I'm sure that it's going to be pretty annoying as the summer progresses but for now it's so much fun.