Gettin' Down on the Farm: Baby Animal Days

Friday, April 10, 2009

So after hearing about Baby Animal Days at The American West Heritage Center for many years now, we decided to give it a try. We took Bethany this morning (and my dad, he loves that sort of thing) and we had a BLAST! A new Lyman family Easter tradition is born!

While James was petting the ox, it let out a loud MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Bethany, who was a few feet away, thought that was pretty cool. Her eyes got huge, she thought about it for a minute and then said, "Again?" But apparently, the ox does not perform on demand.



Bethany loved holding and petting the baby bunnies. So cute and cuddly! Though I felt sorry for the poor things--I shudder to think how I'd feel after being loved to death by thousands of noisy kids! Poor bedraggled bunnies!



The baby chicks were also really fun:



As were the goats and sheep:





The tractor was way fun, too--Vroooooooooom!



As was the BIG wagon ride!







And the LITTLE wagon ride:



We ended the experience with a trip to see the Easter Bunny in the old opera house. Bethany would not sit on his(her?)lap, but she was very insistent that she give him (her?) a high-five! She has associated high-fives with the Easter Bunny since the one in Wal-Mart asked her to give him (her?) a high-five the other day.



All in all, if you haven't been to Baby Animal Days, it's so much fun! So there were 3000 other people there with us. Hey, it's a wide open piece of land. So don't be afraid of the crowds. The only really long line that we skipped was for the pony rides--everything else was totally doable! I definitely recommend Baby Animal Days--we'll be back next year! YEEEEEEEE-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWW!