The Farm with Ava!

I wrote a post a while back about the first time we visited the farm, here. Now we're back! This time we went with some friends who were visiting who also have kids, one of which is Ava. She is about Jeds age and a whole lot of fun. It was a different experience this time around because they are older and understand a little more.

Here they are feeding the goats! Jed was fearless when it came to feeding or touching all of the animals. RJ thinks he will grow up to be a farmer.

He insisted on petting every animal! It was kind of cute, but by the 14th goat I was tired of them.

We did a dairy tour where they showed you the "modern" way of milking cows. It was both fascinating and  a little sad. Machines do everything for us now, It's kind of crazy.

These huge pigs kind of freak me out. I always think of the criminal minds episode where the guy uses pigs to dispose of the bodies. Too much? I thought so.

I didn't get a lot of pictures because it was fun to just watch them enjoy the animals. Its a whole different game with three kids. It was fun asking them what their favorite part was, and them actually remembering the animals. We hope to go back again, and we hope to be able to visit some farms from our friends at church. We want him to be very familiar with animals. He might be a farmer, after all. 

Aquarium of the Pacific

Aquarium of the Pacific was kind enough to gift us some tickets. So we headed there yesterday morning and explored a little. It was honestly the biggest blast! I think this has by far been his favorite place to visit, and that includes Disneyland. It's simply nothing short of amazing to see all the different water animals.

They have a really neat viewing area for the penguins. They actually swim on top of you.

We were to chicken to pet the sting rays and sharks. How can we know they won't decided to bite us!

We're so glad grandma came. Although it made me think about us leaving. We're gonna miss her! 

They were mesmerized! 

The jelly fish were one of the coolest things to see. These grow to about the size of a quarter. The baby ones were incredible. How amazing is our creator! 

The colors! 

I mean, come on!

^^We found Nemo!! ^^

Can you tell we had a great time? I can't stress that enough. It was so fun to see the kids enjoying their time there. It was also amazing for us to see. I would like to come back on a date with my husband. There are so many different things to do and see. I wish we could have fed the birds but it was closed at the time. I loved that it was small enough to do in one kid day, and by that I mean still get home in time to get a decent nap. Not sure how important that is to other moms but I love half day field trips! I can't wait to go back there! It is our new favorite place. It is definitely worth the trouble. Because going anywhere with kids is trouble. Fun, but trouble.  

If you're interested in more information on the aquarium, you can go here. To see other trips we have taken around the LA area, you can go here, here, here, and here. 

*This was a sponsored post. All opinions expressed were my own.