Spring Break- Baby Animal Farm!

A true highlight of our week in Boise was going to the baby animal farm. Had that event been in Utah it would have been PACKED with families and young children. There would have been rules and regulations and strict hand washing stations. But this was out in the middle of fields upon fields, smack in the middle of nowhere on an Idaho farm. The crowd was truly minimal. Some hand sanitizer bottles were casually scattered about. And we were free to roam, to touch, to hold, to risk our fingers getting nibbled on by a goat. It was wonderfully relaxed and fun! There were baby goats, donkeys, cows, pigs, sheep, horses. And the farmers were there too bringing the animals up to the gates for kids to touch and answering questions about them.

There was a large area of like 50 different tractors! Old ones, new ones, big ones, small ones, and a free reign on climbing onto any which one you wanted.

Not impressed. 

Nursing on a tractor. 

Only because I could and it's kind of become a thing for me over the years to nurse in a variety of random places haha

Then there was a barn, and by “barn” I mean a HUGE building structure like that of a large grocery store. And inside there were hills of golden corn and grain that kids could freely climb and play in. There was a tent of reptiles and we could hold snakes of all sizes and lizards too. There were colorful pheasants to view. There were baby puppies, bunnies, ducks, and chickens. You could hold them and watch them fall asleep in your hand and arms. There was a man scooping fresh honey and wax from the comb and giving spoonfuls to whoever wanted one. There were barrels of cold water and plump black fish that you could go catch with your hands like a bear. And a even a pretend cow to milk.

Mothering while holding a baby duck. 😅

June was OBSESSED with the baby chickens and stayed there probably 40 minutes!

At one point the whole place cleared out and we were the only people there and it was amazing!

In the next massive barn they were sheering sheep and spinning the wool on spindle wheels with a backdrop of a MOUNTAIN of corn and grain behind them. Outside of that there was a coral where you could watch them training a dog to herd sheep!

And I totally bought this hand spinning kit! I'm so excited! 

Honestly! This place was a farm-dreamland! We were there for a few hours and everyone had such a good time. The girls were in HEAVEN holding those baby animals and they even caught fish! They were super brave and interested holding the snakes too! Incredible! It's so amazing how much a large crowd of people can dampen an experience like that but by contrast how no crowd can bring such magic! It was blissful. Thank you Idaho!

Other two posts about our spring break:

Spring Break: Fun activities

Spring Break: Festivals