Goebbert's 2015

Today we made our annual trip to Goebbert's Farm in Barrington.

It's perfect.  Not too far away, tons to do, and if you get there right at 9AM when it opens, it's not too crowded.  The boys love it and Ryan and I love taking them there.

Our first stop...feeding the giraffes.  Owen was a little more reluctant this year,

but can you blame him??  Look at that thing's tongue!

You would hold a few carrots out in your fingers and it would stick it's humongous tongue

 out, wrap it all the way around them and pull them in.  Truthfully a little intimidating.
Especially when the giraffe comes a little too close and licks all over your fingers.

Joe on the other hand was more than happy to give it a try.

 

Ryan decided to let the giraffe eat out of the palm of his hand,

 but quickly realized that may have not been the best idea.  Gross!

 

Then we let the boys run around and explore a bit.

Owen's favorite thing by far was the jumping pillow.  He LOVED it!!

After all that exercise we grabbed a quick snack, 

 then headed to one of my favorite activities of the day...the pig races.  Hilarious!!

Seriously such a funny thing to watch.

We couldn't have asked for a better day. Until next year Goebbert's.