Today we went to a wine tasting festival at Lake Farm Park. Chas did all the tasting and Angie and I enjoyed a beatiful day in the sushine with him.
Angie raced around the Barnyard briefly identifying each animal, before zipping over to the next one. Chas managed to convince her to pet a sheep before dashing off to the cows. She spent a few minutes with the roosters though. One of them seemed to want to peck at her so naturally that was the one she wanted to touch.
Angie ran laps around the indoor arena for the horses for a few minutes before we joined Chas near the kids play area. She then raced around hay bales which were arranged as a kid-sized maze. We tried to get her to go on the pony ride, but she refused and demanded a snack.
After she had eaten her fill of pretzels, she told us that she wanted to go on the horses. The ponies were tethered to a merry-go-round type contraption under a tent. Angie had difficulty deciding which one to ride and finally settled on "this horse." She was thrilled to be riding a pony and Chas took lots of pictures. They let the kids ride around in a circle for five or six laps. Angie felt like she was in the lead because there were no ponies tethered to the two poles in front of her. She looked around herself and said, "Look Daddy, I'm riding the horsie!" When the ride was over she started to pick another pony to ride. She was really disappointed to learn that she wasn't getting a second ride.
Angie and I sat at a table while Chas wandered off to taste more wines. He frequently returned to check on us and to get a drink for me. Angie eventually settled in to a nice snuggle on my lap while holding her very hungry caterpillar. I asked if she wanted me to tell her the story of the very hungry caterpillar and she said, "Yes." in a very tired voice. I told the story from an imperfect memory and when I was done, I asked her if she thought it was a good story. She said, "No," in a tiny, exhausted voice and promptly fell asleep as I recited more poems and stories for her. It was a beautiful, warm breezy day and I loved sitting under the trees holding her while she slept.
Chas decided that he had enough samples and was ready to go home. Angie was not so happy to wake from her nap and asked to go ride the horses again. We went to the playground for a short time then wandered back to the car. Angie kept asking for the horses as we walked. I asked if she had a nice day, and she said, "No." I think she wanted to go back to the ponies.
At home she watered the plants with me and we played outside for a bit. We sang songs from her favorite shows and wandered around our backyard and our neighbor's yard. We came inside before dinner and she played alone in her room for a short time. I could hear her laughing. At dinner she was in a great mood and giggled most of the evening.
I think she did have a good day.
