Day on the Farm

A little farm was recently recommended to me at work in Belleville, IL.  It's called Brautigam's Farm.  We went out on Saturday, July 14th and had a blast.  This was one of the coolest farms-it had a little kids area with goats, chickens, turkeys, rabbits and other animals to look at, feed and pet.  Then it had a whole little kids area with tractors to ride, 3 different barns-each with a theme (one was a chicken house where you could collect eggs, another was a tractor fix it shop that had all sorts of play tools, and the other was a house with washer, dryer, refrigerator, stove), a pretend cow that you could actually milk, horse tire swings, hay stacks to climb on, and sandboxes with corn kernels in them for the kids to dig in.  We played there for a long time then decided to take a tractor ride out to pick some peaches.  Man were they good!  We were eating some of them right off the tree.  Cale and Aiden loved them and we had a good time picking out peaches to bring home.  We even picked some blackberries!  Such a great family time!  Here are some pictures from the day.

Milking the pretend cow

 

Riding the horse tire swing

A pretend farmers market

 

Picking peaches

 

Eating peaches right off the tree

 

Tractor ride

Playing in the shed with the chickens

 

The aftermath of peaches and blackberries!

Riding the tire swing and being silly