Musings of a technophile

We went to the Green Meadows petting farm in Kissimmee, FL recently. We had gone a while back, but Logan was nothing but a few months old and Ethan was pretty tiny at the time too – having them be older was much more fun. The farm has all sorts of animals, from common farm animals like ducks, chickens and cows, to not so common farm animals like the ostrich, peacocks, and even a zorse (zerba/horse mix). The cool thing is that it’s a petting farm, so you actually get to hold the turkeys, milk the cow, and feed the sheep. Out tour guide even said that a lady from a couple weeks before we had gotten there had come from Africa, where riding ostriches are a normal thing. That being said, they even let her ride the ostrich around in the pen – which I thought was pretty cool.

Well the boys loved it. Ethan was all in to touching the pig, milking the cow and even helped me catch a chicken. There was a hay ride that we went on, but before the ride started Ethan was scared to death that the tractor pulling the hay trailers was going to be too loud, which was somehow quite scary to him. Luckily once the tractor turned on and started moving, he settled down and even liked the hay ride.

Logan had fun too, he thought the cows and the ducks were fun to see and touch, although the part I think he enjoyed the most was the train ride that goes around the farm. They have one part where you put the kids on a horse and they ride it around a track – Logan had the biggest smile on his face for about half of it, then the train went by and for the rest of the horse ride all he could talk about was the train.

All in all, it was fun going back to the farm, especially since the boys were older now and could interact with the animals more. The Green Meadows petting farm is definitely a great place to take your kids.