Wagner Farm

On the way back from the doctor this morning, I drove by Wagner Farm in Glenview, which I had learned about from our realtor during one of our many outings over the past year. I decided to stop, since Ben had been a real trouper over the weekend (trip to Wisconsin) and this morning what with having to get in and out of the carseat, which he hates. He LOVED it. We spent an hour and a half and he was totally interested and immersed the entire time. We got to see animals, climb on farm equipment, ring a dinner bell (very exciting if you are one -- even though I did the ringing), tour a 1920's farm house -- the tour guide was totally cool with Ben lunging onto the hand-made quilt on one of the beds to try to pull off the flowers -- and visit the indoor museum that featured such amazing things as a life-sized horse-drawn produce cart that you can climb on, a 1930's store and an old-fashioned type writer. You can touch just about everything. Ben did a lot of typing. ,

Ben's favorite part of the whole experience?  The chicken coop wire. He was really interested in the fencing around the vegetable garden, too.

Ben, I had such a lovely morning with you out on the farm.  I can't wait to go back again.

Love,
Mama