We took Janie to The Little Farm at Tilden Park today and she was so excited to “go to the farm”. When we arrived, the first animals she saw were the cows in the barn. She (and we) were surprised to see how big these animals are. We brought celery to feed the animals and they were all over it.
The cows have these really massive tongues that extend as far as my forearm and it’s kinda scary when they come up to take the celery from your hand. Janie was too scared to hand it to them herself so we ended up doing most of the feeding.
This was the one and only time that she actually fed the cow.
http://youtu.be/WF5XkQv9fCs
The next animal was a huge pig. We didn’t bring any lettuce so we just admired her from afar.
Janie was so happy to see the chickens and ducks. This is the outside of the coop.
Inside the coop, she got an even closer look.
There were sheep up on the hill but none of them seemed that interested in snacking at the moment. It’s ok though because Janie said “I’m scared of the sheep”.
http://youtu.be/RDxDWZVrbco
Janie tried again but then dropped the celery when the cow’s tongue was a little too scary for her. You can hear her say “big tongue” at the beginning of the video clip.
There was lots of space to run and explore at this park and Janie took full advantage.
For lunch, we found a place to sit and have a picnic.
We were lucky that the sun was out and it wasn’t too cold.
Janie enjoyed her own stash of celery plus tuna salad, crackers, and lots of pickles.
Before heading home, we went back to the cows to give them the rest of our celery.
Janie was still too scared but was willing to get a little closer this time.
What a fun day at the farm!! Next time we’ll have to bring more celery and add lettuce too!