One of the patient's told Brandon about a Christmas party at a pig farm. Since Tanny's favorite toy is a plush pig, and his favorite food is pig (or ham/bacon, as I prefer to think of it!) we thought it'd be fun to take them.
It was great, but quite different from what we expected-- it was a potbellied pig refuge, where they keep potbellied pigs till they're adopted...people were sporting shirts with sayings like "Pigs are friends, not food" and wearing pig hats. We didn't tell them about Tanzen's favorite food.
Instead of pigs in barns, we found pigs in a house, in stalls filled with blankets and pillows. I'm ignorant when it comes to pet pigs...I assumed potbelly pigs were small and domestic looking, but they were pretty big-- and I couldn't quite imagine having one on my couch cuddling with me. I learned that pigs are extremely intelligent and clean...although some of the pigs in the shelter had some potty training to learn! They cuddled with each other, which was cute.
This baby pig is 2 months old, and was more the size I was imagining for an indoor pig pet.
Tanzen and Makett enjoyed it, and Tanzen got a pig Christmas ornament, which he carried around for a week.
We had given up on waiting for Santa, but were lucky to meet him walking up the dark dirt lane as we were walking to our car. It made the boys' night!
Visit to a pig refuge in rural Pennsylvania? Check!
Our favorite Sunday afternoon activity here has been walking around the art museum grounds. Tanzen and Makett request the Rocky stairs frequently. We went right as it was getting dark, which is my favorite time of night because you get to watch the city lights come on.
The Macy's in Philly is in a very cool old building-- it has a famous organ, the Wanamaker organ, that is a national historic landmark. They have a Dicken's Christmas village, which the boys found rather frightening last year, but they liked better this year...at the end of walking through the village, which takes awhile to walk through and has figures telling Dicken's Christmas Carol. Santa is at the end, and they have an awesome set up-- you meet with Santa in a special little room, and Santa magically knows the kids names when they walk in. We didn't pay the $20 for our photo, so this is the best we have:
Her current tricks include waving, dancing, and wanting to do everything her brothers do.
