At the Farm

Kirk's mom is doing really well after her stem cell transplant almost a year ago. Well enough that she was able to move back home to Ohio. We've lost the convenience of having her just down the block, but it does mean we get fun weekends on the farm again.

First things first, Kirk needed to get Jaisal onto a dirtbike.

Jaisal's cousin Laila, who also came to visit, did not want to be out done, so she was ready to drive the quad.

Jaisal then demanded he be able to drive a car (don't worry this stunt was performed on a driveway with no other traffic present).

Laila forced Kirk to take out the tractor. I think she won the prize for willingness to drive the largest vehicle/piece of machinery.

Jaisal did think Laila's driving skills might be better appreciated from inside the horse training circle.

 The little monkeys had to imitate one another the whole weekend.

Quality time in grandma's vegetable garden and then with grandma herself.

 Next stop was the barn. Jaisal was once again scared by a lot of the animals. Laila loved meeting Drummer.

This was as close as Jaisal wanted to get.

Though he preferred this interaction even more.

Although we'd intended to camp out our first night, the day got away from us. We did have a bonfire to make some s'mores.

Jaisal was unwilling to eat any s'mores. He oddly doesn't really like sweet stuff; a problem I wish I had. He did enjoy seeing the marshmallows go up in flames and someone have to blow them out.