Free Fun: Take 4

Family Fun Week: Day 4

One thing we knew Noah would love to do during "vacation week" was go to a pool.  He absolutely loves it when we're at the beach and would spend all day in the water.  Unfortunately, though, there aren't too many pools to choose from where we live.  We had gotten a pass to try out the YMCA's indoor pool for free when we went to the Flower & Jazz Festival earlier this month, which was our original plan, but then we found out that the pass only covered one person's admission; the other two had to pay full price, which is $10 per adult and $5 per child.  So, we made a plan B.  We visited the local sports complex and told them we were interested in finding out about their swim-only membership plan. {which we legitimately were, up until they told us it was $450 for three months!}  Anyway, they gave us a guest pass for the day and we got to play in the lap pool.  You can see how Noah felt about his special surprise!

After we finished playing in the water, we headed back to Baugher's Orchard where we picked strawberries on Monday.  Why?  We ate them all.

Yes indeed, we ate 5 lbs of strawberries in four days.  And the berries we picked today were even better!  They're bright red, juicy, and oh-so-sweet!  So those of you who are in the area, now's the time!  Go!

Noah had a ball once again and got really excited about riding the big tractor.  This time, we also explored their free petting zoo.  At first, I was a little unnerved by the fact that you can just walk around with the goats and sheep and donkey without anyone else around...especially when I thought the goat was chasing us.

Hello, donkey.

As I was taking this picture, I got gently bumped from behind.  Mr. Donkey apparently wanted my attention.

I love how the look on both of our faces is like, "I'm not so sure about this but I'm smiling anyway..."

There was a pretty little lake with a fountain, which Noah {of course} loved.

Our personal photographer is getting better and better, don't you think?

It was another fun day, and it was absolutely FREE except that we did have to pay $10 for the strawberries.  But hey, I'd have bought fruit at the grocery store instead, so it just comes out of the normal food budget.  Fun in the pool, a tractor ride, strawberry picking, and up close and personal animal encounters...no wonder Little Crafter was zonked.

I feel the same way.