The Adventures of the Day

Yesterday our playgroup went to a friend's farm for a little adventure. It was great for the kids. Cheryl treated us to a wonderful lunch in their beautiful 100-year-old farm house. And her daughters were great with showing the kiddos all the animals. Kathryn was happy to see her buddies, but I think she more likes the *idea* of animals rather than actually getting close to live ones. She had no interest in petting any of the animals, even the cat. She liked looking at everything from safely in someone's arms. :)

One of Cheryl's daughters showing Kathryn how to feed the goats...she was not interested in getting that close!

"I'll just watch them from here, how 'bout that?"

With the horse- couldn't get her to touch it. She was very interested in it, though.

Up close with a chicken

The little kids were a little more interested in the big beach ball than they were with the animals.

Watching a baby hedgehog

Kathryn was very taken with this bunny

And the part of the adventure that was not planned...getting a flat tire on the highway on the way to the farm. I didn't have a cell phone with me, and I had only watched Nick change a tire once years ago, so I didn't know what to do. Jeanie and Eileen were about 10 minutes behind me, so I knew they would see me eventually, which is probably the only reason I wasn't totally losing it as I was trying to figure out what to do. I decided to stand outside the car and wave someone down, praying that whoever stopped would be helpful. Thankfully, the Lord brought two very helpful gentlemen, who I think were Christians, to change my tire. Thankfully there was a spare in the trunk.