Farm Camp Day Two: Enid Adventure, Swimming, and Chicken Chasing

Day two started off with a trip to the bridge to check on the creek. The big creek was up after the night's rain. As a child going to the bridges is great fun, peering over the edge and through the holes in the side of the railing, throwing things down into the water roaring below you. As a parent it is a terribly stressful activity. I am constantly picturing what would happen if Zane fell into the water. I would jump in after him and we would never been seen again. Terrible images I know, but ever present until we are safely back in the yard. Everyone wore water shoes or rain boots because it was terribly muddy, in Oklahoma, believe it or not. The kids even needed long pants this morning, so strange, but we aren't complaining.

After this I went inside on Rowan duty, he is working on his rolling and talking, but I was over seeing nap time while the big kids went on a chicken chase, through the tall grasses, while holding flags. I hear this was a beautiful scene, but the camera was inside with me, so we recreated it later in the day for these wonderful pictures. Zane win's the chicken herding prize. He managed to get the chicken he was chasing back in the chicken house, very impressive. Zach was put on swing duty, with a tire swing and a new baby swing both needing to be hung. The sky was clouding up again so we headed to Enid for an adventure at Leonardo's.

The adventure consisted of Leonardo's which was underwhelming to say the least last year, but must be under new management because it is all cleaned up with new exhibits, a building area, and much more pulled together. I take back my tacky comments, it is good for a fun afternoon when you need an inside activity. The castle outside is still great fun, but another parenting nightmare. It is three stories tall, with multiple entrances and exits, slides, and all sorts of nooks and crannies where little ones can hide or get lost. Luckily this year Zach was there to run and climb with the kids. Zane wins the bravery prize, sliding down the curvy three story slide, which Daddy deamed "kind of scary," without any fear. On the flip side of that Brendan and Maggie showed great intelligence by not going down it because, "it was too dark in there."

We tried having our picnic at the castle, but after my failed attempt at getting drinks, (how can places not accept credit/debit cards in 2013???), we packed up and headed to the park for our picnic. By this point the weather had turned boarder line chilly, good thing we had the kids change out of long pants so they wouldn't be hot our adventure. You can't win with the weather there. The wind blows 30-40 miles an hour all the time. I know it did this when I lived here, but I didn't know any different. Now it kind of makes me batty. Your teeth feel dirty at the end of the day and your head feels like it might explode from being wiped around all day!!!!

After our grand adventure ALL the kids napped, well not Ro he napped during the Enid fun. Mid nap time we were learned of possible tornadoes headed our way. Time to pack a tornado bag, just in case, first for from camp. No tornadoes, but lots of radar watching during the rest of the afternoon. After naps it was time to bust out the swimming pool and fill it with fridges water. Able arrived for pool time fun. I think the kids were boarder line hypothermic by the time this was over. The evening was full of outdoor fun, playing with Uncle Able, and visiting with the Hester's who had come over for dinner.  I wrote most of this post on this actual day, but the ungodly slow picture loading pushed me over the edge, so I decided to wait until I was back in high speed internet land before posting. There are way to many good ones, so I made a movie, which usually doesn't work, so hopefully you can actually see it.