A day at Schnepf's Farm

So since Jake had Saturday off and he normally does not we decided to have a fun filled family day at Schnepf's Farm out in Queen Creek. I was hoping the weather would be super nice like it was last weekend but it got a little hot in the sun. Kadence made sure we remembered to stay hydrated by signing "drink" every five seconds. I think she didn't really want something to drink she just wanted the cool water to drip down her shirt. When we were eating in the shade or watching a show in the shade it was absolutely perfect. We started our day by watching pig races. Oh yeah that's right I said pig races. Kadence loved it. At first she had no idea what was going on but once she saw the pigs running around the track she would get all excited and squeal and clap. Then we went to watch a man whose act included juggling and some tricks with his dog. Kadence was not quite as amused by this and made her way to the playground. All she wanted to do was drive the train and she loved it. we also watched a guy named comet and his frizbee catching dogs. It was a pretty good show and Kadence seemed to really like watching the dogs run back and forth. After a snack and lots more water, mostly down her shirt, we were off to the train ride. It was nice and Kadence managed to stop squirming long enough for us to actually ride it. She is a trooper. Since Kadence is such an animal lover we wanted to take her to the petting zoo. She loved seeing all the animals and got very excited when the goats would turn to look at her or move when she pet them. Kadence probably could of stayed in with the goats forever but Mommy had had enough so we moved on. She was amused by the sheep and we are not quite sure why. The donkey thought we had food on the stroller for him so he stuck his head through the fence to see if he could find anything. It was really funny and Kadence laughed at him. Jake was more amused by the HUGE cow they had. He did not move from this position the whole time we were there. He would just lay there and stare right back at all the people and kids staring at him. Jake also liked to antagonize the really mean billy goat. Kadence did not like him at all. He was butting the fence and making all these crazy noices. He actually really scared Kadence. We found that our window of opportunity for picking a pumpkin was shrinking by the minute. So it was off to the pumpkin patch. Kadence went out with Daddy to pick out our BIG family pumpkin. Of course Daddy and Kadence found the biggest pumpkin in the patch to take home. It was almost as big as Kadence is and she loved it. Mommy then thought it would be fun to go the the baby pumpkin patch so that Kadence could pick out a small pumpkin just for her. Well, not to our surprise but all she wanted to do was play in the dirt and pick up rocks. Quite a few times throughout the day Kadence would be walking around the farm and stop to pick up rocks. At one time she had about five rocks in her hand. Jake and I did not mind so much because we realized that we did not have to pay for rocks. Our day at Schnepf's Farm was so much fun and have decided to make it a yearly trip. Anyone who would like to join us you are more than welcome. It really is a fun family outing!