Trip the Farm

Book club hit the road again this week and we went to a local working farm.  Last week we all met at our house and talked about the farm and got the kids ready.  It really was a fun time and the kids saw tons of animals in a hands-on way.

But now I'm going to be honest.  When we got home, it FELL APART.  Elli and I got into it big time because she wouldn't go to the potty and I knew she needed to - she was being stubborn so I lost my temper.  It was ugly.  I eventually decided maybe she really didn't need to go potty, maybe she was just that tired.  I crawled in bed with her and apologized.

Why am I posting that?  Well, mainly because honestly is the best policy right?  We have good times here, we go to the farm, we explore and we play. But I never want to give the impression that we have it together over here because we.do.not.  Good times and bad times.  I messed up and I wanted Elli to know it.  I hated that I lost my temper.  It really wasn't fair to her.  So the farm was great, but more importantly, know that things aren't always great.  That's ok right?  I'm learning.  I have to learn from my mistakes and I don't want people to think that I just do these fun things and we just smoothly sail through each day.

So here are our farm pictures with that slight disclaimer.

The boy was MADE for a farm.  He LOVED it!