Spring Break A Day on the Farm

I started the week with things not running smoothly and it continues. We went to the Hatchery for last year's Spring Break and were going to go again, BUT Mrs. Ross just couldn't fit us into her schedule. I commented on how I hate when things don't go smoothly and Kaylee piped up, "But mom when we aren't able to do something, we always get to do something that we weren't planning on doing, and it's usually just as fun" I thought, oh girl keep that bit of wisdom for the rest of your life and you will always be happy. Anyway, here is a photo from last year and then the rest of the photos are from Tuesday.

All the kiddos outside Uncle Warren's dairy.

Jacob climbing a little too high!

Feeding the calves. There was a tiny twin that was so cute.

Inside the milking barn, watching the process. A milk cow gives 10 to 12 GALLONS a DAY! The photo below would hurt any nursing mom.

We also went and saw the pigs and piglets. This pig above was HUGE!! Then on to the sheep and lambs. The girls always love the little lambs.

Next were the rabbits. She explained to the kids how a momma rabbit pulls the hair off of her chest and makes a nest to have her little ones in. A rabbit can have up to 12 litters a year. (That's one each month of the year!) One of the kids asked what they did with all of the rabbits and when she said eat them and sell them for meat I thought that Rebecca was going to start crying.

They also went in the hen house and she let them each gather an egg out of the nests to keep. I couldn't believe how excited the kids were to get an egg. HELLO! They could just get one out of our fridge!!! I guess it got them ready for Easter coming up. At any rate we really enjoyed seeing and touching all of the many baby animals. They are always so soft and cute.