A Trip to Friendly Farm

We spent the final weekend of the summer up in New Hampshire with Grandpa Bob and Grandma Judy. The weather was the perfect transition from summer to fall - warm in the sun but cool at night and in the morning. As usual, Maceo enjoyed the extra attention (and audience) along with the thrills of the Johnny Jumper and more close encounters with Harry the Dirty Dog.

Perhaps the most exciting part of the weekend (if not for Maceo, definitely for Bob and Sarah) was a trip to the Friendly Farm, a children's petting farm. The farm had sheep, goats, chickens, ducks, hens, rabbits, cows, pigs, llamas and horses. As you can see from the photos below, the baby goats were the most exciting animals for Maceo - especially when we fed them off of his thighs while sitting in the stroller (in retrospect, probably not the best idea). Before we knew it, Maceo was surrounded by about 8 small but excitable baby goats that were determined to nibble every morsel. While he was never in grave danger, we did panic when one of the goats leaped up onto Maceo's chest for a closer look. In addition to the goats, he enjoyed patting the sheep and trying to secure a free souvenir of a handful of wool.