Neko had her last day of Bug Camp today, so I was looking for something to do with Shep and Ellery. We ended up at the farm run by the local park district. We were excited to see they had renovated the playground, and Shep got to test drive a few tractors.
However, our mild summer caught up with us today when we found it already blazingly hot at 10am. The pigs had the right idea by cramming into their water tub, which was clearly the coolest spot on the property.
In good news, Shep was extremely pleasant the whole time and even rode his first horse. Last summer he cowered behind my leg and refused to even look at the horse. Today he was a bit hesitant, but once the horse started moving, he smiled the whole way.
I tried to remind myself what a fun and normal time we had this morning when he completely melted down over some ridiculous thing in the afternoon which, once again, ended in a tantrum.
And then we attended Gregory’s birthday party, which was fabulous, except for that part at the end where Neko had a complete meltdown which ended with Tom carrying her kicking and screaming to the car.
But the morning and the party? Good stuff.