sheep-shearing

thanks to my friend Sarah, we ventured to a nearby farm for their shearing day and learned about farming and sheep. it was soooo fun for all (except owen who really wanted to crawl, but i couldn't bear to put him down to play in the manure and straw!). they even fed us an amazing lunch from the local farm goods and it was tasty! the field trip confirmed our suspicion that while we really enjoy farm animals and the idea of small-scale farming, the reality is a lot of really hard work that we probably aren't cut out to do well.

got to feed the lambs every 2-6 hours!

this lamb "hope" was a twin and had to be hand-fed for a while because mama sheep was not able to feed both.  she thinks she is a person and was so cuddly!

the shearer came from out of town and had lots of interesting things to tell us about the wool

love this sweet friend!

happy graham

learning to skirt the wool.  this lady is a fiber artist and knows all about spinning and such with all kinds of wool.

marit had a little lamb

old campground with cool treehouses