$2 Tuesday

Field trip today. Thanksgiving Point does admission to any of their venues for $2 every Tuesday in August. Not to mention that 2 and under are free, so I only had to pay for Lincoln and I. This was the last Tuesday and we wanted to take advantage. I'm so glad we did. It wasn't even crazy packed or anything. I wonder if it's because school has started most everywhere, so people weren't bringing their kids. Either way...we had a great time.

 Feeding the chickens. Lucky for me, I had two quarters in my wallet, or we would have missed out.

In the morning we met some of our friends from Provo and went to Farm Country. If you're looking for a stroller-friendly, mud free, and relatively small animal smell approach to exposing your children to farm animals, this is the place to go. It was perfect for us today. I think when the kids get a little older and I can go without a stroller and a diaper bag full of stuff, I'd like to take them to a real farm. This place was more like a farm animal zoo, because the animals were all fenced in and pretty spread out, and there were sidewalks all around. But my kids LOVED it. And the boys got to go on a pony ride AND a wagon ride, so they really were in heaven. 

 Carson, Ivan, and Lincoln. Carson is right in between Lincoln and Ivan age-wise, so the three of them get along great.

 Ivan on the pony ride. When I put him on he was really excited until the pony started moving, then he said, "I'm done! I'm done!" But luckily after I kept my hand on his back for a little while, he got used to the motion of the pony, and then really enjoyed himself. 

 Cowboy Lincoln. He knew exactly which pony he wanted to ride...good thing we were first in line that round, so he got his wish. He kept trying to convince me it was a horse though.

 Carson and Lincoln on the wagon ride.

This is the best shot I could get of Ivan, Adelia, and I with Adi squirming in my lap.

Round two. After Farm Country, Misty and Carson headed home, and we Swans headed over to the Children's Gardens to meet up with our home school group. I'd never been to the Children's Garden, and I thought it was a really cool place. My kids said they liked Farm Country better, but their vote doesn't really count. 

The Children's Garden has a huge Noah's Ark Fountain right after you come in the main gate. In my opinion, that alone was worth the $2 admission. We could have stayed there all day, but since it was $2 Tuesday, they had it divided into 20 minute time slots, so we only got to play for a short time. But we had a blast. The rest of the Gardens were cool too. As you walk along the path, off to the sides are different activities you can stop and do. One was a stream that you could float foam boats down, one was a giant sand box, one had a bunch of wooden toys, etc. My kids' favorite was the bear cave, complete with fake bear statue that almost scared Ivan to death. They also have a maze made out of shrubs, and jumping fountains that follow you down the path for a little while. 

 Cave man Rock Band :)

Inside the bear cave were some tunnels the kids could climb through.

The jumping fountain caught Adelia off guard...she got a nose full.