Oil Ranch Trip 2008

Last week (pre-potty training) we went on our Second Annual trip to the Oil Ranch in Magnolia with our friends from our church playgroup. Last year was fun, but this year was so great with Logan knowing all of the animals and thus having more of an interest and a knowledge about where we were. Of course, he kept referring to it as a farm, and who can blame him!

No picture of Logan milking or petting the cow this year. We waited in line behind the other group of kids as he told me everything he knows about cows... mooing continuously and then singing, "The cows give us milk!" But when we approached the cow, he wanted nothing to do with it. Not much scares him, but that big black and white thing eating hay must have been intimidating.

Here's my little farmer driving the tractor.


We passed this thing many times and he kept stopping and staring,
watching it go up and down.

Waiting to get into the petting zoo.

This is as close as he would come to feeding the animals. You were supposed to hold the pellets in your hand and let them eat out of it... he threw his handful at them. Then he decided that feeding them hay was less threatening... poor animals!

The rabbit wasn't threatening at all... probably helps that his Grandma has one and he holds it all the time! (that's "baby Chase" watching him)

Here he is taking a look at the goats and sheep. And he called all the goats "Billy"... get it... Billy Goat! haha!

We spent most of the visit there walking around with my friend Tanya and her two kids Sarah and Chase. Here all three of them are checking out the pig.
And here's the pig's close up... taking a nap after rolling in the mud!

Logan was very excited to ride the train. He even got to play with the bell on the front while we waited for more people to show up.
All Aboard!
And after the conductor (kind of a scary looking fella) rang the loud horn, this is how Logan spent the rest of the ride... after I calmed him down enough to even stop crying. He wouldn't even look at the man the whole ride... kept his face to the side or straddled me, looking over my shoulder!

Then came the pony ride. After the experience with the cow, I wasn't sure what to expect, but he did so well. He kept saying, "Giddy Up Horsey" "Ride 'em Cowboy" and "Yee-haw!" I was very proud of him and it was an enjoyment watching him get so into "cowboy" character! Wish I had been video-taping it!
"Ride em Cowboy!"


I had tried to get him to sit on hay in the petting zoo for a picture, but apparently he needed a pumpkin to feel comfortable doing that. He and Sarah had a good time climbing on the hay bells!
On accident, he dropped his pumpkin and it rolled down the stack. So, the boy that he is, got the great idea to throw (obviously not on accident) his pumpkin down and mommy caught him in the act with a photo to prove it! :-)
Then I wanted to get pics of him in the patch and this is how that started...
Sitting ON a pumpkin...
Finding and hugging the HUGE pumpkin...
And taking one pumpkin home with us... he had to carry it "all by loganself" (those are his words, not mine, and he says "loganself" smooth like one word)


We had such a great time that day and he has talked about it every day since. The two things that stand out in his mind the most were riding the pony and not wanting to go near the cow. He keeps saying, "No Logan feed touch cow."

Thanks to Tanya for planning such a great day out and getting enough people to sign up so that we could get the group discount. This is definitely going to be an annual thing because this is where I always get my pumpkin patch picture! Logan loves animals, so he definitely enjoys himself!