Being a Farmer is Awesome Fun

A week (er…two??) ago we went to a local farm. You know, to get the children in touch with their Iowa roots. This farm was awesome!!! It had a slide, and pony rides, and everything! Here we just thought we’d be showing the boy some corn fields and maybe a high density feed lot. But, wow, farming has really changed.


They had a real nice crop of plywood photo-ops this year:



I’m not sure what they use this fancy piece of farm machinery for. It looks like it came from Tim Burton's farm, though. (It's weird, whimsical, and slightly rickety.)



Of course, every farm has a slide.



The best part was the livestock. Gigantic cattle? Smelly hogs? No. How about ADORABLE PONIES!!!


And animals that are bred to actually smile for the camera:



The farmers must have used a shrink-ray on this one. That's how you get small goats, right? A John Deere Shrink-ray?:



After being around all those animals, it’s good to clean up with a nice corn-based bath.


Modern farming is so awesome.