Night on the Farm

Just to change things up, we decided to take Troy over to our friend's farm tonight. We haven't been over there since April, which was when Troy was still pretty unsteady on his feet. But he loves animals so much that it's nice to see his reaction when he gets to see his books come to life. Our friend has ducks, chickens, a cow, and some donkeys. So, Troy has a variety of things to chase and interact with. The ducks and the cow are pretty skittish, but the chickens and donkeys will come right up to him. Troy is a lot faster and more nimble now too, so he makes a better show of keeping up with the chickens. Although to be fair, the chickens did their fair share of chasing Troy as well.

The donkeys will actually eat animal crackers out of his hand, but we have to be careful that they don't get a finger along with it! He thinks their lips tickle, and he'll giggle when they brush over his hand. When he was done feeding our friend's donkeys, then he ran across the yard to the neighbor's fence, pulled up grass, and fed it to the donkeys next door. They happily obliged, chomping every offering he made. By the time I finally drug him away, we had cleared all of the tall grass along the fence line!