Mini Pony Farm

Ashlyn's preschool recently took a little field trip to a Mini Pony Farm. This pony with it's Mama was only 10 days old. The farmer was a sweet old man who looked like he was in his 70's. One of the boys in Ms. Dana's morning class asked me if I was the farmer's Mom. :D Gave me a good laugh and made me wonder why he thought I was his Mom.

The biggest rule the kids were told was not to chase the chickens. Landon had problems with this rule. He doesn't really walk anywhere he mostly jogs from place to place. He was really excited to see all the farm animals.

Ashlyn's with some of her besties, Maddie & Jordis. Maddie wasn't too interested in taking photos that day. These three girls were really worried about manure and took great pains to steer clear of it.

Landon spent a large portion of time trying to drink out of the ponies water trough. I offered him his sippy cup but he just wanted trough water.

Petting the ponies.

Mama goat with one of her kids.

Landon was more interested in feeding himself bread than feeding the chickens. At one point I saw him pick a piece of bread up off the ground coated in dried manure and pop it in his mouth before I could stop him. Yuck!!! He spit it out pretty quickly.

Ashlyn feeding the chickens.

Four Eyes Part 3

It was discovered at Ashlyn's annual eye exam that she was in need of glasses. My heart sank at the news. In part because I don't want my kids to wear glasses (or pay for them) and also because I was positive she would refuse to wear them. She has a slight astigmatism and mostly just needs them for seeing the board at school. Once again Ashlyn surprised me by being excited to get glasses! Though she refused to even try on glasses in "ugly colors" such as black and brown. She only wanted to try on ones in "pretty colors" such as pink and purple. We were having a hard time finding a pair small enough for her face. (I cannot explain how weird it is for me to have a small child.) The lady who was helping us got quite the kick out of Ashlyn's personality. If I had a dollar for every time someone said, "she's a riot" or "she cracks me up"! I would be a rich woman. If Ashlyn is nothing else, she is opinionated. The first time she wore her glasses she was just sure no one would recognize her. She kept telling everyone, "It's me, Ashlyn, I'm just wearing glasses." Then she would raise them up as proof. Right away the doctor asked me if I wanted to dilate her eyes. We discussed the pros and cons. I said I didn't think she would do well as she was a bit dramatic. Five minutes later he very decidedly declared that we would not be dilating her eyes. :)