{"id":8544,"date":"2015-08-25T02:16:42","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T09:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=8544"},"modified":"2021-04-03T20:30:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T03:30:17","slug":"birthday-magic-at-farrel-mcwhirter-farm-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2015\/08\/25\/birthday-magic-at-farrel-mcwhirter-farm-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Magic at Farrel-McWhirter Farm Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I love it when I discover something new and awesome in the Seattle area. Well, this time the discovery was precipitated by an invitation to a 6-year-old’s farm-themed birthday party at the location, but it works for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Farrel-McWhirter Farm park is a Redmond city park that also happens to be a working farm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bunnies, goats, chickens, pigs, cows, horses, and ponies – All kinds of things to make 6-year-old girls squee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Farrel-McWhirter<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"big<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"goats<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"barnyard<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Really, it’s the best kind of city park. You’d never know you were in city limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Farrel-McWhirter<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The 68 acre park includes a preschool, summer camp program, orienteering course, and of course, pony rides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My daughter was particularly fond of this plywood cow with a water-filled rubber glove that demonstrates how milking a cow works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"learning<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And this magical tree, where she spent quite a bit of time pretending to be a baby eagle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"magical<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And, did I mention the pony rides? Because that’s pretty much all I’ve heard about for the past week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"pony<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"pony<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"pony<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"pony<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We can’t wait to get back out there for another visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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