Still not warm

[charliesmum]

Today I went with Charlie and his class to Johnson's Farm* for a field trip, and I just didn't dress warmly enough. And by warmly enough I mean I wore a heavy sweater and my leather jacket when I should've worn 2 heavy sweaters and a parka.

It was okay if the wind didn't blow, but blow it did, and all the activities are, pretty much by definiton, outside, so it was cold. Charlie, of course, didn't seem to care. I did have him in three layers of clothes, which I suppose helped, but he was having far too much fun to notice things like the weather.

They did the pumpkin picking thing, and then we went into the store to get warm and coffee, and then we had a earlyish lunch, and then we went to the little non-petting zoo** where I got the Llama song stuck in my head because there were llamas there.

Charlie's favorite part was feeding leaves to the goats. Yes, they had corn they could shove down this tube thingy for the goats, but, after I mentioned how goats will eat anything, Charlie picked up a big leaf and, by dint of great effort, got it over the two fences that are designed to keep children from getting anywhere near the animals and was delighted to see the goat eat it.

Naturally any kid within spotting distance thought this was great fun, and many leaves were shoved, in quite creative ways, across to the goats who I'm sure were thrilled. It was really rather fun, I must admit.

In other news, I'm catching up on that Heroes show, and it's good. I like it. Jess from Gilmore Girls is in it. Milo whatever. Plus the guy playing the son of the professor who is tracking down the people...OMG hot.

And finally, New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that same-sex couples are entitled to the same rights as heterosexual couples. My state rules.

*Be warned. The website has the most obnoxious music playing on it.

**Because of E-Coli or something that some kids had gotten at a petting zoo a few years ago.

Comments

[ligia-sis.livejournal.com]

"here's a llama, there's a llama, everywhere a llama, llama, llama, llama, llama, duck"

[enchanting-ella.livejournal.com]

cant say i know the ilama song and i am thankful i think.

how can you go to a petting zoo and not pet animals??????? that has to be th amost insane thing i have ever heard in my life.

considering most schools make kids wash their hands till the skin comes off for just about every reason under the sun any way.

i am glad he and the goats had a great time.

[zambonigirl.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad that I now have two peeps on the flist who like Heroes. Hiro is my favorite, and I love Nathan for reasons inexplicable. I think it was the sonic boom.

It's crazy that you couldn't pet the goats, but I guess that's the way the world is nowadays. You can't even step on someone's foot accidentally without getting sued.

[charliesmum.livejournal.com]

Hiro is such a brilliant character. Future Hiro at the end of ep. 4 was awesome.

I'm not sure how I feel about Niki. She's sort of annoying me. Am wondering why both super-hero girls are pretty blondes but whatever. I quite like Claire.

Speaking of Niki, though, I wonder if her son will prove to be a super hero too.

[zambonigirl.livejournal.com]

I think that just considering the fact that Niki and DL are his parents, that he will be VERY super as the time goes on. There's some speculation at TWoP about Claire and her lineage. Someone wondered if she's the result of a past indiscretion of either Niki's or Nathan's, and quite a few people have latched on to that. The fact that both Niki and Claire are blonde, though, is a bone of contention with almost every viewer. Plus, they are both sort of...put upon (?) at the moment, if you know what I mean? Like, they're both victims or something. Sexism does pervade comic books, but you'd think that such a cutting edge show would want to make the female characters strong, large, and in-charge, but who knows? The previews for this Monday are HOT! They're as hot as Mohinder and Isaac put together.

Have you read any of the comics at NBC.com yet? They're sort of like missing scenes from the episodes.

[nam-jai.livejournal.com]

Llama! (Just happened to have that at Photobucket, so I couldn't resist.)

I never get the Llama Song stuck in my head, because I don't know the words (such as they are). What happens is that the tune will start as the Llama Song, but soon my brain gives up and turns it into the Sawyer Song or, lately, the Dalek Song.

[cactus-wren.livejournal.com]

Sounds like the farm was fun - but non-petting petting zoo is a little weird. And probably a bummer for the kids.

I've been watching Heroes, too. Some weeks I wonder why I keep watching as it seems to be going a la Lost with presenting more questions than it answers, but I always end up tuning in the next time around.

[sixth-light.livejournal.com]

I'm really enjoying Heroes. Fast-paced plot, plenty of eye candy, and likeable characters. I think the entire viewership wants to take Hiro home and hug him, and even characters like Nathan or Simone, who are respectively a bit skeezy and boring, have something to recommend them.

...okay, maybe not Simone.

There are many awesome Llama song icons. I think my favourites are the planets one (planet, planet, not[Pluto]), the Irwin one (irwin, irwin, croc) and the Doctor one (Doctor, Doctor, Jack!)

[jessii-6.livejournal.com]

A non-petting zoo and a corn eating goats... that's weird (Yes, I know cows and goats in industrial setting do not eat the grass, mostly, but this is for kids)

Good for Charlie for helping the goats eat the good stuff.

And wow for NJ. Your state is awesome indeed. Mine, on the other hand, can't even get it's ass to recognize non-religious heterosexual marriages...<./whine >