Maplewood Farm

The sun is out and it's nice outside, perfect for a little visit to the farm once again.

Once again, thanks to the Entertainment book, I am saving  a bit more than what I should have if I didn't have the coupon. 2 for 1 admission fee which totaled to $15+ for us 4. Kimi and Kenzo got an entrance fee of around $4-5 each and adult at around $7+.

* Entrance to to Farm

We just got in time for the Cow Milk Demonstration...

* Little Cowgirl

* Kenzo can't wait to get away from the confine of his stroller

They love the part where they can actually go inside the pen and touch the animals and feed them...

* Kenzo can't figure that well where the mouth of the bunnies are located

* Kenzo doing the feeding, not getting fed ;)

Unlike the pygmy goat at Beacon Hill Children's Farm, Victoria, B.C., the goat here are much larger than Kenzo and he freaks out a bit when the goats turned around to look at him face to face. It is so funny seeing him try to run after the goat and turn the other way around when the goat decides to accommodate him with a game of catch.

* Kenzo playing catch with a goat

* Kimi pretending to be Humpty Dumpty...?!

* Petting the goat from behind...

Kimi, on the other hand, wanted to pet the goat but does it from behind. She gets scared and freaks out a but when the goat tries to come towards her....

* Miniature Donkey

* All done....

* With Karl's Jr...

* My Family...

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When you look at life, 

the greatest happiness 

are

family happiness

- Joyce Brothers

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MAPLEWOOD FARM

North Vancouver, B.C.

Queens Park Petting Area

After a successful meet and greet with pygmy goats at Beacon Hill Park, we decided to pay the goats here in New Westminster a visit.

* Queens Park

Goats in Queen's Park are way bigger than the ones in Victoria. They smell far worse too hehe!

* Goats roam free

Seeing how big they are, Kimi was more hesitant to get closer...

Good judgement Kimi

* Full grown goat

Kenzo, onthe other hand, still showed no fear and wanted to go down and have his moment with the animals... No Kenzo...

* Kenzo feels trapped in his carrier

* Not too crowded for a weekend

There was a small area of cages for rabbits and animals that you can look at from the other side of a net...

* Rabbit. Thirsty on a hot summer's day

* Cow was really tight in his little enclosure

* Feathered friends...

Kimi kept on going from side to side, happy to let the chicks follow her around from the other end of the glass. She even asked me why she was being followed... hmmm, maybe they are bored?

* Barn Princess

* More Red Barn pictures...

Now, it's time to say goodbye to the little farm.

...and hello to the playground

* Kimi's all time fave

* Love to test her legs... climb climb climb...

* Kenzo up close.... Cutie!

...and as we try to call it a day and head out to our car, someone decided to grace us with his presence

* Cute Grey Squirrel

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QUEEN's PARK

New Westminster, B.C

Beacon Hill Children's Farm

Our First stop as soon as we arrived in Victoria was the Beacon Hill Farm, 5 minutes walk from Downtown, Victoria according to the sites I've researched.

I've been to Victoria 2X and both are via Tour buses that goes to the same places: Mile-O, Parliament Bldg, and the Butchart Garden.

I decided to do a Victoria long weekend with the family just because I recently got a deal for a hotel with a really good locations...plus it is a really nice hotel too! (More on that with the next post...)

Beacon Hill Park is a big park that consists of a Farm, Water Park, Fountain with ducks and of course a really nice Garden. I think there is more to the park but we weren't able to explore it to it's fullest. We aimed to go to the part where the kids will surely enjoy: Beacon Hill Farm.

I've been searching up on what to do in Victoria with Toddlers. Travelling with toddlers are a different experience. There are a lot of limitations and planning ahead will surely pay off in the end. I initially thought that the Victoria Bug Zoo and Miniature World will be on top of our list but crossed them off when I read some of the blogs that actually says that going to those with Toddlers is a not such a good idea. From this site, I learned that there is a petting zoo near our area and when I read the description, I became more interested...

  

* Pig Pen

This was such a hit with Kimi, she actually climbed her way into the side of the fence and kept on calling the pig and her babies. We actually saw the piglets running towards their mom for some milk. It was so funny when the piglets were literally running over each other to get to the Mommy piggy. it was also such a treat since this babies were just born July 12, 2011. 

* Piglets so excited to get to their mommy's milk

* Animals within the farm...

We were able to see a lot of animals in this farms. It is a relatively small farm but I think this was the farm the kids enjoyed the most. 

* Kimi making me take her picture...again!

* Petting Zoo: Enter at your own Risk

Maybe it is the age or maybe it is really because of these delightful Pygmy Goats. They are smaller than the goats at Maplewood Farm and they don't smell which I appreciate a lot since Kenzo thinks that these goats are just kids with four legs. He keeps on going close for their faces and blabbing,  or he goes behind them and pulls the tail. Good thing though that these cute creatures are use to all the poking and prodding from little hands so Kenzo was safe. Whew!

* A video of Kimi and Kenzo taking turns to pat the goat

...and Kenzo following the goat to their drinking water and contemplating of drinking from the pail...

Kenzo and Kimi enjoyed themselves in this little pen. They pat and they brush the goats. Kimi was more cautious while Kenzo just goes to the goat without any qualms. NO FEAR! Sigh*

* Snapshots of Petting the goats

* Pygmy goats in snapshots

* Close encounter with the goat...

* One of the KIDs

Kid- Small goat... ha ha!

I just couldn't resist posting the last picture.It looks as if Kenzo is trying to talk to these kids... So Funny!

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BEACON HILL CHILDREN's FARM

Victoria, B.C.

Another farm visit

Kimi seems to enjoy kid attractions more these past few months. She expresses her happiness whenever we make plans for a family bonding time and continuously reminds us so...

(her favorite mantra after a family bonding)
Kimi: imi happy ah.

I always feel a burst of pride whenever she expresses her appreciation over simple things and when her face lights up as she realizes that we are going on a kid trip...



* The front reception and souvenir store




* Kimi enjoys chasing the ducks. She was surprised the chicken and ducks were roaming freely




* Papa enjoys watching her princess have fun




* Another take at the goathill visiting area




* Kimi tries to feed the bunnies




* Papa cleans up the hay from Kimi's shoes




* There is a cute girl by the bridge




* Such a big cow




* i don't know what these are but they are inside the goat area... They look like lamb or sheep?!




* A goodlooking horse

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Maplewood Farm
405 Seymour River Place, North Vancouver, BC V7H 1S6
(604) 929-5610

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A day at the Farm

A great day to have an animal adventure...


It was our 2nd time at Maplewood Farm, I am more excited this time because Kimi can finally walk and explore on her own and not strapped onto her stroller like before...

Our favorite was going inside the goat pen. There were more goats this time than the last time we visited. The number of them almost doubled from what I've seen before. There were even small goats that stood as high as little Kimi... Kimi was looking at the animals, a little bit scared of when they mov. The goat moved towards her and Kimi backs up little by little into mommy's legs to seek protection... he he he!


There were cute chickens roaming freely outside the cages and both Sophie and Kimi watched with fascination as they peck on the soil for their food.

At the Rabbit area, Kimi looked at the little furry rabbits with both hands on our pants as if to keep us from going off without her. She didn't dare touch the rabbit... maybe for fear what the harmless rabbit might do to her little fingers :)