Mio by the sign, not wanting to leave.

Last Saturday, we took Mio to Frying Pan Farm Park in Herndon, a historical farm where you can see all kinds of animals and experience farm life from the 1920’s. We met up with our friends Stephanie and Chwan and their adorable son Danny, who is three months older than Mio! We’ve been wanting to have a playdate for the two cuties to meet, and this was the perfect opportunity, since both of them love animals!

Closeup of the cow.
One of the cows at Frying Pan Farm.

 

Mio is focused on the cows.
Mio and Danny were focused on the cows as the mommies chatted away.

 

Mio and Danny watching the piglets.
Mio and Danny watching the piglets nursing.

 

Danny and Mio
There was a sandbox filled with corn kernels (instead of sand) for them to play in. What a great idea — a whole less messy than sand!

 

Playing with the corn kernels.
Mio playing with the corn kernels.

 

In amazement at the baby goat.
Staring in amazement at the baby goat.

 

Face to face.
Face to face.

 

One really cool attraction they had there was cow milking! Even I’ve never seen a cow getting milked, so it was very cool to see and experience! I was trying to explain to Mio that they were squeezing the “minmi” (Japanese baby word for “milk”) that she drinks out of the cow, and she started pulling on her ears. Dan and I were confused for a few seconds, but then it dawned on me that she was confusing the word with “mimi” (which is Japanese for “ear”). I couldn’t help but laugh!

She started touching her ears.
Mio pulling her ears by the cow.

 

Mio learning how to milk the cow (with some help from Daddy)
Mio learning how to milk the cow (with some help from Daddy)

 

Mio and Daddy!
What an experience!

 

Because Frying Pan Farm Park is a historical site and they showcase farm life from the 1920’s, they have a lot of old-fashioned traditional machines that have survived for almost a century! This machine de-kernels corn, and it’s the original machine from the 1920’s! I couldn’t believe how well it still worked, and so efficiently too (it uses very little gas to operate)!

Danny and Mio watching a machine dekernel corn
Danny and Mio watching a machine de-kernel corn

 

They were very interested in the machine.
The kiddos were just as interested in the machine as the adults!

 

Hitting their corn cobs together.
Hitting their de-kerneled corn cobs together.

 

Trying to climb up... typical Mio behavior.
Mio trying to climb up the bars of a fence… typical Mio behavior.

 

Another neat machine they had was one in which you’d throw apples in, and the apples would get transported up into a mechanism that would turn the apples into apple cider! They handed out apples for kids and their parents to throw into the machine, so that we could watch them go up.

 

We threw apples in to go up the machine.
Mio and I threw some apples in together into the machine.

 

After seeing a lot of the farm life of the park, we walked over to the carousel and playground area.

Walking over to the carousel and playground. 

Coming down the slide!
Mio of course had a ball on the playground, going down the slides over and over!

 

Having a fun time learning to count.
Having a fun time learning to count.

 

Going round and round.
Riding the carousel!

 

She had a great time!
She had a great time!

 

Saying goodbye to the farm...
After a couple hours at the park, the cuties were hungry and ready to eat!

 

We ended the outing  with a delicious Burmese lunch at Myanmar restaurant in Falls Church! It was a fun day spent with great friends. 🙂