Saturday, October 22, 2011

Grandma's Visit

We continued staying busy during the second half of my mom's visit. She also watched the kids several times in the evenings so we could go out to dinner. We were even able to meet up with our old friends from college, Dana and Jason, who also just moved to Nashville.

On Wednesday it was cold and rainy so we went to the Adventure Science Center. There is a new Animal Secrets temporary exhibit. Here's Rylan in an eagle nest ...


Rylan also crossed over the cargo net from the Adventure Tower to the main floor of the center for the first time ...


On Thursday Carter had preschool so my mom and I took Rylan with us and went shopping in historic downtown Franklin. We found a few cute things and had lunch at Puckett's Grocery and Restaurant. I had the best chicken sandwich there I've ever had. I can't wait to go back.

On Friday we went shopping around town for a bit and then drove out to Lucky Ladd Farms when it opened at 2:30.

Rylan was really good at feeding the animals ...





Rylan spent a lot of time on a little playset going up the stairs, through a tunnel, and down another set of steps. He did that again and again and again.





Our little pig and goat ...


My mom took Rylan down the giant slide (Carter refused to go again) ...


But he had fun banging on these metal pans ...


We spent a lot of time hanging out on a set of tractors. We even ate our snacks on these ...



I was able to get the boys to sit on some gourds for a few pictures ...



We took a hayless hayride before leaving. Rylan was a big fan and especially enjoyed the group of wild turkeys we saw along the way ...


This morning we went to the Lowe's Build and Grow and then over to Harlinsdale Farm for Family Day.

Carter sat of a fake horse and actually smiled for a picture ...


The boys took a little train ride with Brian ...



We also got to see some horses. We saw a 10-day old foal with its mother. I really hope that horse has grown some in 10 days!


After the farm we took my mom out to lunch and then off to the airport. We had fun during her visit and are all going to miss her!

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