Fall weather is in full force some days, so we decided to take one of the last pleasant ones and return to Fair Oaks Farm where we had visited a month ago for Ed’s birthday. Since it was just as economical to purchase a year membership as a day visit, we have now more than made back our investment. Plus, we will probably visit at least once more if not twice before our year is out.
This time Grandpa and Grandma joined us for the day. We visited the Crop Building, which we had not visited before, learning about farming, and raising crops, and interesting little things like the longest earthworm ever discovered was 22 feet long. (I am glad I did not discover him, although he would have surely caught a lotof fish!) Then we went over to the pig farm to see the hundreds and hundreds of pigs. Afterwards, Emry enjoyed the low ropes course again. We had lunch, bounced quite a lot on the large blow up bouncing thing, Ethan rode the train at least three times, and we watched a calf be born. (The other cow giving birth was taking her time, the kids were bored and my Dad and Ed certainly had no desire to watch any female – human or animal – give birth; so we didn’t stay for that one.) Emry also caught and brought home in a bottle her newest pets: ladybugs. A mom improved pet!
“Driving” the old farm truck.
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