Day at the Farm
We spent the morning with precious friends from church. Heather and Eme met Isaac, Esther, and I at Cabela's to look at all the animals, which turned out to be a bit of fun, but also a little crazy. While we pondered the idea of going ahead to the zoo, since the weather man lied to us, it occurred to us that the kids would have just as much fun at their house and we'd have to do a lot less child wrangling..So off to the "farm" we went! There are tons of pictures today, but they tell a great story!
They recently decided to raise chickens. They have been pretty successful so far. The colored chickens are for eggs and the white ones are for meat! Eme loves to catch and carry and love on her chickens and she was eager to share this experience with Isaac.
Eme handed this one to Isaac. So far, so good...No broken wings and no pecks to the face!
He was super excited about catching the chickens...this is still the one Eme had handed him.
Have we mentioned that she loves her chickens?
I think Isaac is trying to feed it asparagus...I think?
Zeb loves dandelions, so this shot is just for him!
They are trying to deciding which ones to catch next and how to coax the ones in the coup to come out! They are really smart chickens...
This one is the first that he caught himself, which is what prompted the next picture!
The chicken was not harmed in the making of this photo...
Miss Heather showing Isaac how to properly "catch and hold and carry" a chicken...."around the belly, outside the wings..."
He thinks he's got it...This is the first of several he caught all by himself!
Chicken Stalker! The brown chickens finally got smart and went under the coup to hide from Isaac...until he decided he didn't mind crawling under there either!
Then, Mr. Rob got the lawn mower stuck in "the swamp"...He made a valiant effort to free it, but was unsuccessful...In the meantime...
Isaac thought he'd try and climb a tree in rain boots...
...and play with a frog that Miss Heather caught.
Mr. Rob pulled out the "big daddy" tractor to rescue the lawn mower...Isaac begged for a ride and was assured that after the lawn mower was freed that he could go for a ride.
Eme tried her hand at begging for a ride, too...When she was denied, Isaac decided to...
play in the sand box until it was his turn to ride on the tractor!
And true to his word, when the lawn mower was freed from its mud hole, Mr. Rob gave Isaac a ride on the big tractor!
And Eme got a ride, too!
The kids and mommas went inside after a while to get some rest and eat some lunch...Isaac and Eme played with a multitude of things, but this is the best picture I managed!
And Miss Heather managed to sneak some sleepy baby time in, too, while I knitted! It's okay, everyone looks this disappointed to hold the sleeping Princess Esther Rose!
All in all, it was a fabulous day! I am greatly looking forward to spending a bit of time with my sweetheart tonight as we celebrate our 4th Anniversary! What an amazing 4 years we have had together and another 60 to go, I hope!!!
I hope you enjoyed our day's adventure...Isaac couldn't even manage a nap, he was so hyped up from all the fun at the farm...Oh well, early to bed for him tonight!
