Pennsylvania Farm Show

On Monday, Ella and I went to Harrisburg to celebrate my dad's birthday and to go to the Farm Show. We have gone nearly every year since my brother and I were little and this was Ella's third year going.

Before we went, we asked Ella which animals she wanted to see. Her response was, "elephants, alligators, and bears." We hoped she would not be disappointed (and I realized I might need to work on teaching Ella which animals lived on farms). Although we didn't see any elephants, alligators, or bears, we did get to see horses, cows, ostriches, bunnies, chicks, llamas, chickens, goats, and lambs.

Ella's favorite parts of the Farm Show this year were:

• riding a school bus from the parking lot to the complex (I think she also enjoyed not having to sit in her car seat for this ride)
• watching the baby chicks hatch from their eggs in the warmers
• petting the bunnies
• sitting on the farm equipment and outdoor vehicles
• playing in the corn bins and wood pellet "sandboxes"
• eating french fries with ketchup
• hanging out with her friend, Pappy

Ella and Pappy looking at the ostriches

checking out the cows


"Bevo!"


J and Ella watching the baby chicks hatch
(Ella would have spent all day here)


llama


mustang tamed from the wild


petting a bunny


looking for the best tractor


trying all of the "motorcycles"


playing in the wood pellets


pouring and mixing corn


another tractor