Grant's Farm

During our first trip through St. Louis we visited Grant's Farm for MJ's first time.  We were able to meet his Mema, Bobi, and our niece Lily and her mommy Peggy there for some family fun!  It was quite a hot day (temps near 100), but we were pleasantly surprised-between all the shade trees and the misters to cool off in, we managed to stay pretty comfortable and the kiddos did great.

I was so impressed with Grant's Farm!  I hadn't been there in quite a long time and wasn't sure how well a two year old would do but it was PERFECT for his age!  It's small enough that you can easily do it in two hours, or probably even less, and still feel like you saw all the important things.  It's so close up and hands on that the kids get some great up close experiences.  Everything is close and compact, so MJ was easily able to walk around the park on his own.  He couldn't have loved it more!  I'm so glad we went because it really was a special day.  He loved seeing all the animals and of course getting lots of love and attention from his Mema. 

As soon as he saw Mema, he ran and got scooped up for a big hug!!

Our niece Lily did great in the heat, too!  Aren't those blue eyes so pretty? 

MJ was just enamored with the goats and excited to feed them their bottle of milk. 

I couldn't quite capture it, but he had the sweetest smile on his face here.  I think he was in heaven!  We never even went in the goat pen; he was perfectly happy feeding them through the fence (where they couldn't jump on him).

My fave picture of the day!  He looks like such a big boy here, and so serious as he says hello to the tortoise, or "tur-tll" as he says so well!  He stayed like this for a bit just starting at him.

Waiting for the bird show to begin with Daddy.  This was a bit over his head though and he ended up being more interested in playing with Lily or walking around in the aisles. 

Riding the tram back with Mema.  What a great day!