Sunday for my birthday, we took the girls to Frying Pan Park with my parents.  The girls got to see pigs, horses, cows, chickens, sheep, and goats.  We had taken the girls here once before in April and it was neat to see what a difference 5 months makes at their age in terms of their awareness of the animals and their surroundings.

Here is Grandma with Emerson and Mommy and Avery in the background minutes after arriving at the farm!

Only a few minutes after we got there, the “papa” goat herded his family and the loud noises that goat made scared the heck out of Avery and she pretty much cried the rest of the time we were there.  Here is Papa Goat…well his rear anyway!

I must admit I don’t blame her…I had never experienced such “herding” before and it was neat to watch. Emerson seemed to have some cognitive understanding of the animals which was really neat to watch.

Emerson wanted Grandpa to give her a closer look.  Have you ever seen a goat stare you directly in the face?  It’s kinda SCARY!!

Meanwhile Papa Goat stuck around in Avery’s mind pretty much the whole time.

Mommy’s turn to hold Emerson now!  We got to see cows!

And the family shots!  Come on girls look at the camera!

Fine mommy if you insist but I’m not smiling.