Animal farm fun

We went to the animal farm at Bundoora Park. Austin LOVED all the farm animals when they were behind closed fences. As soon as he saw chickens or the peacock or any other animal roaming free, he FREAKED. Thankfully Sienna was in the stroller, so I was able to manage Austin as he leaped into my arms for dear life.

When I asked him if he wanted to go on a pony ride, his first response was "no mommy, that's not a pony. That's a horsey!!!!". Duh! Silly mommy!

After his episode with the chickens & peacock, I figured there was no way this child would go anywhere near the 'horsey'. To my surprise, he had no issue with it! However, as you can see from the photos, I think he was actually in a bit of shock. He clung to the reins like no tomorrow and was in a bit of a daze the whole ride; showing absolutely NO emotion.

I was terrified that he was going to jump off or fall off. Luckily, he survived the ride and was all intact at the end.

After witnessing Austin's fear of the open-air-animals, I didn't think he could possibly be more scared of anything ever again. Well, he proved me wrong. For days prior to arriving to the farm, all he would talk about was the tractor and how he wanted to ride the tractor and how he wanted to touch the tractor and how he wanted to see the tractor...

So, after walking around the farm for a while, we finally made our way over to the tractor for a ride. We made our way to the front of the 'wagon' and took a seat on the bale of hay. As soon as the wagon was loaded with passengers, Austin flipped out (yet again) and wanted OFF. I was holding Sienna in the baby carrier (Ergo...thank GOD for that!). Austin was clinging to my shoulders on top of his sister and would not let go. Everyone was staring at us and feeling sorry for the poor child whose mother looked as though she had no idea how to manage two children on her own. There was no easy way off the wagon since it was packed with people. Luckily, someone was looking after me that day because Austin finally settled down (still sitting on my lap) and ended up enjoying the ride.

We only spent 2 hours at the animal farm, but that was the longest 2 hours O F M Y L I F E!!