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| Roasting Peeps over the fire. |
The kids are having exactly the spring break we were hoping for: They’re outside, getting their hands dirty and having a blast.
Of course my dad might be breaking some child labor laws putting them to work on The Farm.
The first night, my son reported that “we really needed the breaks” when they got to play their DSis in between burning a stump and building quarters for 15 new baby chicks. My daughter was so beat that by mid-day she took a 2-hour nap. I don’t remember the last time she was so worn out she willingly took a nap. Preschool maybe?
Today the work continued over at Victory Acres, where they went to see the spring babies – chicks, lambs and piglets. And they ended up coming home with one of the new babies.
From what I could gather on the phone, one of the piglets was injured and abandoned by his mother. My daughter said he had a bloody snout. So my family took him home and they’re working hard to get him to nurse from a bottle.
They haven’t named him yet. But I’m positive that’s not stopped my Future Farmgirl from thinking of names in case he pulls through.
I’ll be pulling for him, for her sake as much as his.
Virtual Farmgirl 