I have been doing really well in terms of blogging, but I am behind yet again! Ali's birthday party took up too much of my time and energy. Well, I am finally back to business!
During our short, but fun Seattle trip, we went to a farm. It is quite a nice place for our little toddler. Ali really likes trains and so we started off with a train ride. Apparently, it is a really old steam engine!
All aboard! While we waited for the train to depart, Ali had fun looking at a few baa baa sheep. And there was a black one too!
On our train tour, we saw a few moo moos resting on the green grass patch.
And an emu.
Our friend Shirley and her family. Because it is a REAL train, Ali got scared with all the loud noises. She hung on to dada real tight! And there was a short tunnel too. Ali got really afraid and started crying...poor girl!
Daniel was completely at ease. Of course, he is much older and he has been to this farm a billion times!!!
A short visit to the barnyard. The animals are quite aggressive when it comes to food. No need to say that they scared Ali silly. She wanted nothing to do with these guys at all.
Llama, llama, where is your red pajama??
This farm is really awesome in the sense that they don't just have animals for kids to look at, but they have a few rides as well. And it's unlimited!!! Everything included in the admission. Cool! On our way to a car ride.
Daniel "driving" his family:
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the sign, but apparently, pregnant women are not allowed on this particular ride?? Reason? I don't know. Seriously, it is safer than driving a regular car!!! So I didn't get to go on this ride. Lucky dada.
Ali has never played with hay before. She had a terrific time.
Crawling in and out of the tunnel trying to find Daniel goh-goh:
This is perhaps, the best and sweetest ride for Ali and for the parents. Daniel taking Ali to go on a mini-ferris wheel. Isn't this picture so cute??? Look at the determination on Daniel's face and Ali looked...unsure.
We asked Ali a million times whether she wanted to go on the ride with Daniel and she said yes. So in they go. At first, she was fine, but not when the ferris wheel started going up, she cried like mad. Daniel, being the SWEETEST boy on earth, started holding her hand without prompting and Ali stopped crying. A very short clip of the two on the ferris wheel.
After resting for a bit, Ali felt a lot better and played on the horses. They even have ponies that kids can ride on. But Ali got too scared, as usual.
After spending a couple hours at the farm, we decided to go for an early dinner. Look how content the little one was. Eating her favourite "bao-bao" and wearing her cool shades!! Nothing beats a day like this!
Dada, on the other hand, was dead tired carrying the little one around. Poor hubby!
After dinner, the two went bananas. They were laughing and giggling about you know what and just couldn't stop.
It was really, really sweet watching the two interact with each other. A year ago, Ali wasn't able to do much, but this time, she really enjoyed playing with/alongside Daniel. And Daniel goh-goh is perhaps, Ali's first big brother figure, who is always very inclusive of Ali - showing her all his toys and teaching her how to play with them, hold her hands and drag her around all the time and very tolerant of her. We had a hard time leaving. Whenever Ali woke up from her naps, she would always ask for her goh-goh or Uncle David or Auntie Shirley. On our last day, Daniel hugged me from behind, didn't want us to leave. He also asked hubby to just leave Ali there and pick her up another time. Really, how sweet and adorable can you be, Daniel??
Anyways, we had an absolutely fabulous time! Thank you for putting up with us, Shirley, David and Daniel. You guys are wonderful hosts!!! Hope to see you guys in Vancouver some time soon!
