Layman Farms

Today we went on an adventure! I woke up at 7 (Ella let me sleep in!) so I tiptoed upstairs so I could hop in the shower before Ella woke up...so I was showered and the dogs had been taken care of...and then Ella was up...so I got her ready as well...and I started thinking about what we could do today...I thought about Layman Farms...I have actually never been there...just heard about it...so once Josh was up...I ran it by him to see what he thought...sounded good to him...so by 9:15 - we were all ready and in the car ready to go! It's about 45-50 minutes from our house...so off we went..with a quick stop at McDonald's for Josh to get breakfast as he didn't eat anything at home :)

We got there a little after 10 (this was the first weekend of it being open)...we pull in and there is like 3 cars in the parking lot...we were hesitant...and thought about skipping it...but nah...why not...it'll be an adventure :)

So first stop....

 

This was probably Ella's favorite part :) She liked the goats the best...they also had pigs...but they weren't as interesting. We bought grain to feed them as well...which Ella wouldn't do...she wanted to touch them but not feed them!

They had a pit full of corn kernels that you could play in with buckets and shovels, etc. So I took Ella into the pit...and set her down...and she cried :) So that didn't last long!

Next we tried a little corn maze....

 

Ok...so she didn't really like that either...was terrified and clinging onto Daddy's shirt! We were striking out left and right!

Next up...

 

A little swing...that wasn't so bad :)

Josh wanted to take Ella down a tunnel slide...I was a little hesitant of it....I wouldn't say Ella loved it....but she didn't cry :)

 

Then we walked around the pumpkin patch...Ella enjoyed touching the BIG pumpkins...then felt the need to touch every single one of them! After this they were calling out they were going to do a hay ride....so we climbed up on a big wagon full of hay and went on a hay ride! That was probably Ella's second favorite thing...maybe it was even better than the goats! She loved the bouncing...and absolutely squealed as loud as she could when she saw the cows...of course the only animal noise she remembers is Baaaa...so that's what she did... :) She was all smiles on that ride!

After the hay ride...Josh took her on a huge bouncy pillow....

She bounced on it some...by now about 2.5 hours had passed...and she was done...so we headed to the car...and she was asleep in under 3 minutes once we got going :)

We said...well since we're this close to Roanoke...why not head there....so we went to Marshalls....as I just wanted to poke around....Ella was still sleeping when we got there....so Josh stayed out in the car with her while I went in and looked around. I came out empty handed...made Josh happy :)

Then it was about 1:30...and we were hungry...at least Ella and I were as we didn't eat at McDonalds! So we went to Red Robin...which is known for their burgers...and I actually ordered a cheeseburger...a rarity for me!! I brought a little snack for Ella...so she ate that...and then she chowed down on some cheeseburger as well! Josh had mushrooms on his...so she got to taste some mushroom...which she liked...I snuck a few bites of lettuce on her fork....so she didn't really get a lot in the veggie department at lunch today...it was a splurge day! Oh...she did get a few bites of French Fries...she ate about 4 bites...she liked those too!