Remlinger Farms

Wow. We trekked out to Remlinger Farms in Carnation yesterday morning with our neighbors. Their 2 year old son and Max had a great time on a pony ride, steam train ride, and steering antique cars around on a track. This place was huge, a big carnival next to a pumpkin patch. Fun, but expensive, $52 for the 3 of us to get in! That's right, full price for your kid if they are one year old! Max burned out after 3 hours and we headed home for his nap before getting to the pumpkin patch. That's ok, though, he was so caught up in the other stuff he barely noticed the pumpkins. This place was fun, but I doubt we'll go back until he's 4 or 5--when we can spend a full day there and get our money's worth. We got some good photos and will post them soon.

We had a busy weekend with Saturday morning spent at the zoo (a 1 year membership to the zoo cost the same as what we spent at Remlinger Farms yesterday. Puts it in perspective). Max enjoys taking the stroller for a walk on the pathways on the zoo grounds, he liked watching elephants and giraffes, and he took off following a 3 year old girl at one point. That Max, already chasing skirts!

Last night we went over to Alicia and Loren's for dinner with our neighbors Sara, Fred, and Phin. Loren made a delicious beef stew, Max ate an entire bowl! I've got to get that recipe. He and Phin enertained themselves and us by playing on Loren's skateboard, and Max sat on Fred's lap reading books.

He was up at 6:30 this morning, raring to go. He has so much energy that after a trip to the playroom at Firehouse coffee (Love it, a coffeeshop with a free playroom) we went up to Playmatters, a drop-in playroom, where he tired himself out playing at the train table. He has been asleep for 2 hours. Bliss!