Day 11: To the Farm Again, Farm Again, Jiggity Jig

Well, Mira and I had a fun day today, starting with an early rise to a cool day. Mira was sleeping SO hard this morning because the weather was such a comfy "stay wrapped up in the blanket and be cozy" temperature. But I had to wake her up and dress her for a play group outing to the Farmer's Museum! It was so much fun, even though as the day went on (we were only there just over two hours), the air got cooler and wetter. First the mommies and babies just sort of strolled around and talked and stopped and chatted and walked. Then we made it as far as the little petting zoo area where they raise all the baby animals. They had four kids (baby goats), one calf (baby cow), two lambs (baby ewes) and I believe one gosling (baby goose) and one chick (baby chicken) though they could have both been chicks. The human babies were all a mixed reaction whereas some were right up in the lams' business, so the kids were either sort of boring or intimidating. Or both the lambs and the kids were a little on the scary side while everyone really liked the chicks (or the chick and the gosling). And Mira's favorite was by far, the calf. She saw her before anyone else, and gasped! She followed her gasp with a series of points and coo's and goo's. When I mooed she giggled, she really liked the calf.
Then one of our mommy's noticed a little boy peering around the corner at all of us forlornly. When she went to check it out, realized the boy had lost his own mommy! So the search was on, the group leader (founder, really, we are all equal partners) went off in one direction, and the mommy who found him in another. Eventually the boy's mom came hurriedly down one of the walks, obviously looking for her boy while holding a younger sister in her arms. Probably the sweetest moment of the whole week happened then. The boy saw his mommy and RAN, RAN towards her, arms open. So happy to have found her, and ready to attach to her and never let go. And that is how they walked out of the place, him holding on to her leg as she walked, her sweetly reassuring him as they left. She must have been so distraught, but really there is no better place for anything like that to happen than at the Farmer's Museum.
That place is so great. They have a smithy shop, an apothecary's shop, a broom & loom shop, a general store, barns, restored Victorian dwellings, a church, a tavern, more barns, gardens upon gardens, exhibits and last but not least the original New York Fair Carousel. Oh, but that IS mine and Mira's favorite part! I think it was most of the babies' favorite part. We took one ride and as we went round and round, you should have seen those babies' eyes wide with awe and wonder. They were speechless! And this is usually a very vocal group of youngsters! Of the whole Carousel, some how 3 of us sets of Mom and Baby ended up on the same little sitting area. It was sort of an enclosed little space, so it felt very safe and very cozy once we all settled in. It was absolutely precious to watch the faces on these little ones as we went round and round.
After the excitement of the carousel, the cooling effects of the day and the noon whistle most of the Mom's were very ready to go on about their day.
The more I think back on it, the more I want to go back again and again.
I think we will go get a membership tomorrow.