Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts

Saturday, November 26, 2011

The Petting Zoo

















Children and animals are always an entertaining combination, but watching a child really discover them for the first time....well, priceless. We had a great time with the goats, cows, pigs, donkeys, chickens, roosters and more at the petting zoo.  The girls had so much fun introducing their baby brother to the farm animals, telling him all of their names and what sounds they made. Dashiell and a baby goat spent quite some time quietly regarding one another, and then seemed to come to some sort of understanding. The goat agreed to hang out with Dash amidst the chaos of hungry animals and excited children, and Dash agreed to talk to him for awhile while intending to pet his face but inadvertently poking him in the nose. Repeatedly. Oddly enough, baby goat didn't seem to mind. After some wandering, Dashiell discovered the pot-bellied pig. For some reason, that little pig tail wagging back and forth was the funniest thing Little Man had ever seen. The pig would face Dash and grunt at him for a bit, then turn around and aim his rump that direction and Dash would laugh and point at that little piggy tail. (Then the other kids would laugh even harder and point at Dash...egging him on, of course.)  We were also highly entertained at two little piglets that kept chasing a frazzled rooster at high speed. Good times.

I must point out...Miss Seleia is wearing a scarf that she knit all on her own in these pictures, and was quite proud to show it off. That's my girl!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Beautiful Butterfly

We have our first butterfly! There was big excitement as our first caterpillar emerged from it's CA-coon during lunch today. Amarra has named it Lily, as she tends to name everything (pets, bugs, stuffed animals, dolls...) until she comes up with a permanent name.  Now, as the girls pore over the butterfly book while waiting for her to take flight, I'm off to make some nectar!  The next few days will be quite exciting as our butterflies continue to emerge!