Spring is Coming - Passport Diaries

“Right now we have chickens, ducks, a couple pigs, ponies.” Good news from Mount Pleasant Farm!

Isaac heard me calling around asking about Easter chicks for cute photo ops and looked at me earnestly when I got off the phone. “We’re going to a FARM?!”

“…yeeeees we are! As soon as Eloise wakes up!”

Trying to plan around a time is very difficult for us. Activities that slide with Eloise’s nap schedule are more successful. So she woke up and off we went, complete with picnic lunch packed in an Easter basket.

We walked into the farm store and the lady I spoke with on the phone looked totally bewildered. I told her was the one who called about petting some chickens.

“Yeah, you can buy some feed and see if they’ll come over to you. I don’t know if they will. And watch out if that pig comes near the fense. He bites. The barn is open but don’t go in it.”

….. ?! ALL THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO KNOW BEFORE I DROVE MY KIDS 40 MINUTES DOWN TO CHESAPEAKE.

We circled the fowl pens, waved to the pig and ponies. Most of the rest of the time, Isaac just climbed on the wooden train. That was pretty cool. We sat on our tiny blanket for some lunch and it started to rain. “Let’s get your shoes back on! It’s starting to rain!” Isaac flopped down on the blanket next to Eloise before totally losing it. “It’s starting to rain! We have to go! Help me, Mom! HELP ME! AAAAAHHHH!” I was completely bewildered. “Isaac! It’s not raining yet! I only felt two drops! We just need to get moving before it starts raining.” “HELP ME, MOM! It’s RAINING! AAAAAHHHHH! It’s thunder and lightning!” Ooooooh. A jet was flying overhead and Isaac thought it was loud thunder. He calmed down with this new information, but that’s still the fastest we’ve ever mobilized back to the car.

“SIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH,” I sighed as I pulled back onto the road. “Whyyyyyy does everything have to be so dang difficult all the time? Even on days we have the energy, inclination, weather and nap schedules align to get out of the dang house it’s not even neccessarily worth it. Siiiiiiiiiiiigh.” My own thunder clouds were forming.

“That was fun!” Isaac chirped from the backseat. “We’re having a fun day!”

“Really? You had fun?”

“Yeah! We went to a farm and played on the train!”

Ta-da! I guess we had an awesome time after all!! Success!