Visiting a farm within the city is a must-do with small
children. Gorgie's Farm is located in the heart of Edinburgh. It helps put Old MacDonald
into perspective for the kids as we saw a chick here, a chick there, here a
chick, there a chick, everywhere a chick, chick.
It also helps them understand the noises
animals make. Comedian Louis C.K. says
it best and I wish I could include his 30 second stand up piece here, but I can't find it right now. He has a bit that I find hilarious talking about how sheep don't sweetly say baaaa, but instead it sounds loud and scary BAAAA! He also talks about how their fur is not soft and white and fluffy, but matted brown and super dirty. It really is true!
The farm animals stink and are dirty and were constantly scaring Liam
with their loud noises.
Although that introduction is true, we actually had a really
fun time walking around the farm. We
even helped the farmers by seeing then reporting that 2 goats had escaped from
their fence. We then watched while they
had to chase them around and get them back into their fence (twice). The workers forgot to fix the fence first so
as soon as they put them back in, they immediately ran and jumped out
again. They were not laughing, but Bobby
and I thought is was humorous.
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| The goats escaped to eat the nearby apples. |
After we finished touring the farm, we made it to the
playground just in time for the rain to start.
Everyone was okay with the change in weather as it was lunch time and we
now had to take shelter in the Farm Café.
We enjoyed eating delicious sandwiches and homemade soup while listening
to the rain. The kids were also given small plastic farm animals to play with
as a treat with their meal.
After we finished up, the downpour had ceased and we could
easily walk to the bus stop in the light drizzle. We all were dragging our feet a bit because
with the approaching next morning meant I was leaving for a week. I really dreaded being away from my family
for an entire week. Thankfully, I am
writing this after returning so all was well and everyone survived.
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