Farm Day 2011 part 2

Up to this point Farm Day has been a blast, but the littles are beginning to show signs of "farm lag" in other words they needed a break and a few minutes of down time. So I guess one could say that the K9 demonstration provided them with just the right amount of down time. So even though it was 30 minutes until time to start this mom had the kids sit down and wait. During this time period the kids got to participate in a coin hunt, which consisted of the kids digging through hay for coins and toy cars.

Pedro found two cars and like 80 cent

sure was a lot of kids

Gabby found 95 cent

After some fierce money hunting and an educational presentation about police K9s it was time to go pet some more animals. At this point in time Marco wanted to pet some cows, but there were no tame cows to be petted. So we went and looked at the animals in the petting area hoping that would suffice....

First we found the bunnies. All six kids got to pet the bunny, but No I did not get pics of all six kids, sorry they just move too fast!






Marco still wanted to pet a cow, but you guessed it still no cow!



Not sure but that may be either a cow
or a sheep

Just noticed the cow!!! oops, but being that Marco wouldn't enter the petting pens whether or not it was a cow was irrelevant.



Pedro, Selina, Gabby Petting sheep





Issi and Lina Petting Sheep

 So by this time Marco still wants to see a "really BIG PET COW" as he calls it. So as mom I remember seeing some cows in a field where we first came in. Couldn't get the cows to come to the fence, but we did manage to get a really BIG and pretty horse to come up to the fence so we could pet it... Marco was finally happy and satisfied cause he got to see some BIG COWS even though they weren't the petting kind he was happy with petting the horse.

Lead by animal loving Isabela the kids all begin to pet the horse. Although Pedro would have nothing to do with such a big animal the other 5 were happy to pet the horse!

Now that we have successfully petted all the animals that we could pet. It was time for the treasure hunt. So this resourceful mom looks around and finds a handy dandy if you get lost meeting spot and informs all six kids where this spot is. After informing ALL SIX kids where the meeting spot was we go to the treasure hunt. The first clue was read and then the second and then the third until finally the last, I had managed to keep the Pedro and Selina with me all this time and to keep Marco and Gabby in my sight at least most of the time even though there was a nob of 100 or so kids running around. But now they are throwing the treasure out to the kids and next thing I know Pedro is GONE!!! Talk about panic, my baby boy who is only 3 I might add, is missing so I start to look all over in the crowd of kids find Issi and send her looking. Make Alejandro sit with Marco and Pedro and then make my way to the stage and tell an event volunteer he is missing. So the man ask what is he wearing? All I could remember putting on Pedro that morning was green pants and his zebra striped shoes. So I finally get my brain working and remember that I had took some pics of him. So i get the camera and still leave my phone with the three that are sitting down(in a minute you ll see why I even mention my phone) and take the camera and start asking people if they had seen Pedro all the while showing them his pic, I then send Issi to ask a friend to help find Pedro just as she goes to get help I ask another event volunteer if she had seen Pedro. To my relief she says they have a little boy named Pedro at the LOST and FOUND. So with Pedro in hand I realize that I had not seen Gabby in a few. So I send Issi to the swing set(remember the meeting spot) and Gabby is not there after about 10 mins of searching Gabriella comes up and says "mom, where were you? The lady tried to call you." So I checked my phone 5 missed calls and 2 voice mails. Voice mail number 1 we have Pedro at the Lost and Found! Voicemail number 2 We have Gabby at the registration tent. If I would of only grabbed the phone... I refere to this incident as the day supermom crashed...     Go ahead and laugh I did when it was all said and done!!!!

Now with all 6 kids in tow it is time to roast some marshmallows.....

The Following is what occurs when Pedro is given FREE REIGN on marshmallows. He didn't like to roast but sure did love to eat them off the stick. He was amazed at how as soon as he ate one somebody would come along and put another marshmallow on his stick!

 



Selina decided to get in on the
marshmallow dance, also!



After some marshmallow roasting it was time for the bonfire and some fireworks.....

 

The bonfire was huge! Marco was a little overwhelmed by the size of it, 



Alejandro is pretty awesome at taking pics.

 We took the opportunity to get some family pictures, each of the older three took turns taking pictures...



Alejandro took this one



Gabriella took this one





Isabela took this one. The Fireworks
started as she took it!

After watching the fireworks we settled in on the hay ride around the bonfire. The kids really enjoyed it... After enjoying the fireworks and the hay ride it was time to call it a night and head home. Every one had a  blast and slept good all night.