Wesley's birthday is coming up *sniff sniff* and usually that means a birthday party is coming up. Greg and I are still working on deciding what kind of party we want to have for Wesley. Two is still a little young for a lot of hoopla, but we've heard good things about Clark's Elioak Farm in Ellicott City. It is a petting farm that is also home to some of the figures of the Enchanted Forest, an attraction from many years ago that I am still trying to understand.
As we entered the farm, we were greeted by a big gingerbread man whom Wesley promptly hugged and then we played on a big wooden ship structure. After that, we went over to the three bears' house from the Goldilocks story. There were other statues from the Enchanted Forest such as the shoe house from 'The old lady who lived in a shoe' and Humpty Dumpty sitting on the wall (pre-fall).
As neat as those things were, Wesley is still a little young to appreciate those things. We also took a hayride and I think he thought it was OK. After the hayride, we went to see the animals at the petting farm. That was a little more Wesley's speed! He pet the goat a little bit and watched the chickens and bunnies. But the best part of our trip was the pony ride! It doesn't look like it in the pictures, but he really enjoyed riding the pony. Of course I was walking beside him the whole time, so it was hard to take his picture and keep him steady and walk, but believe me - he loved it!
In all, I would say Clark's Elioak Farm is more for kids age 3 and up, so we won't be having a party there this year. But I'm still glad we went and checked it out. I'm sure we'll be back in the spring.
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