Mulberry Lane Farm

AGES ago, I purchased a Groupon to Mulberry Lane Farm.
I had planned on having Andy take the kids and Rebekah when she was staying with us...
but I never looked at the expiration date. Thankfully, one of my facebook friends posted something about the expiration approaching--and we suddenly found ourselves adding in a trip to Mulberry Lane Farm...without Rebekah!

It was a beautiful day--a bit chilly, but it turned out beautiful.
Half of our children loved everything, the other half only loved the non-animal parts! In fact, when we arrived, we almost had to leave-- Colin was so frightened of the Mulberry Lane dog!

There were MANY opportunities for the girls to hold, cuddle and pet a variety of animals.
Our first stop was the chicken area:

At most of the petting stops, this is how Ava and Colin participated:

And then we stopped to visit the piggies! Jayna was the only brave soul to step into the pig pen.

Andy tried to convince Colin that it was ok to feed the sheep...and Ellie just LOVED each opportunity to feed the animals.

The tractors were a big draw for Colin....they were often used as bribery: "If you go near the animal, I'll let you sit on the tractor...." ;)

The big girls LOVED riding the ponies...

And Jayna got to milk a cow. Ellie watched this demonstration! :) While Jayna milked, Ava found a little calf to pet.

Another HUGE draw were the little bunnies--who doesn't love a furry bunny? In the lower left photo, Andy is holding a big bunny who had sharp nails--we had been warned not to let kids hold this one. Andy's response once he picked it up was "No kidding....these nails are SHARP!"

And, our last animal stop was to hold the baby chicks. It was comical watching Andy and the girls try to capture the chicks! They were fast!

We had fun trying to pose a picture...just being silly,

and took advantage of quality sibling time!

Again, we made a tractor stop...

and found ourselves in the old barn.
We attended on a day where all patrons received a free slice of Amish Pumpkin Pie. Jayna decided to try it..and promptly lost a tooth in it! She laughs re-telling this story--she says "WHY couldn't I have lost a tooth in a yummy dessert? I didn't care for that pie at all!"

As you can see, Ellie and Ava were having a blast jumping off the hay bale tower and Colin LOVED the "sand table" aka corn table!

The grounds of Mulberry Lane Farm are just beautiful--the kids love Weeping Willow trees and had fun playing in them.

They also had HUGE tractor tires that had been turned into play equipment. All 4 kids had a blast playing hide and seek!

What a fun fall day!