Day at the Funny Farm

Yesterday we went to visit Great-Grandma Veva and her husband of a little less than a year, George. They live on a farm about 45 minutes south of us. The boys have been anxious to go see them ever since Grandma Veva told them about the zebras, monkey, ostriches, turkeys, peacocks, goats, sheep, ducks, geese, horses and probably some animals I've missed, that live there.

When we got there, George took the boys around and showed them all the animals. The monkey and the ostriches both really wanted to get Levi's KC Chiefs hat. Clay really loved the zebras and the Shetland pony and Caleb's favorites were the monkey, Charlie and the Shetland pony.

Grandma Veva and George also had a lot of neat outside toys to play on. There was a wooden fort with a slide and a swingset. George had also built a small ferris wheel with about 5 cabs to ride in. Clay really enjoyed the ferris wheel, but Levi who was a little too big, fell out of the ride while it was going. There was also an old horse walkaround that the boys loved to push really fast and then hit the ground while it spun above them. (They figured out the hitting the ground part after Levi got hit with the big metal arm.)

But, the highlight of the afternoon occurred when George fired up the golf carts. He had two golf carts that he let the boys drive all over the farm. He even let Clay drive one by himself until he ran it into the garden fence. After that, George rode with Clay and operated the gas while Clay steered. That seemed to work out a little better ! Levi said he fell out of the cart once while Caleb was driving, but I saw it happen and told him it looked to me like he jumped out. He conceded that it was a "forced jump" so that he wouldn't fall out and get hurt. Later when Levi was driving, Clay fell out and I thought he had broken his arm, but he was alright. Levi tried to duck any responsibility for the incident by assuring me he had told Clay to hold on tight and Clay simply didn't listen. Eventually, the golf cart's batteries gave out and George had to go out and tow the boys back up with the tractor. They came in for a few chocolate chip cookies, and then we headed out. The boys were sad to leave and are very much looking forward to going back again.