On Saturday morning, after depositing Angelina, Juliana and Olivia at their dad’s apartment, I took Aviean on her August girls’ date! For Aviean’s date this month, I decided that we would drive out to a Mennonite farm that sells fresh fruits and vegetables as well as animals.  I’ve only been to the part with fruits and vegetables before, but I knew that Aviean would love seeing the baby animals.

She loved it!  We went from cage to cage, learning about different animals as we read a bit about them.  She was one of the only children there, but after a few minutes of our arrival, some of the Mennonite children started coming out and cautiously approaching us.  Before long, we had made several new friends who enjoyed petting the baby chicks and baby ducks right alongside us!

Once we had seen every animal, we headed over to the fruits and vegetables section for a little shopping.  Most of the items had already sold out by the time we got there, but we did pick out a yummy watermelon to take home and enjoy.

The whole way home, Aviean and I talked about the different animals we had seen (from two day old chicks to baby ducks to a piglet!).  We talked about what sounds they make, what names they could have, etc.  I had told Aviean before we went that we weren’t buying any of the animals since we didn’t live on a farm and couldn’t properly raise them, so on the way home, she sat with the watermelon in her lap, pretending it was various farm animals that she was taking care of.

Yep, she’s really that cute in real life, watermelon and all.