Farm day

Today was farm day.  This morning the kids & I went to go visit Grandpa on the home farm where most of the animals are.  The highlight was helping Great Uncle Kevin (my dad's brother) feed the calves.  Emily & Lincoln were quite the helpers.

Emily liked touching the horse's soft nose.  Lincoln enjoyed peeking in on the pigs.

We also drove down the lane and around the cut alfalfa field on the Mule.  Another item checked off the bucket list!


It turns out that I wasn't quite done farming.  My dad and uncle were in the middle of chopping hay and a little short on help, so I went back in the afternoon and spent 1.5 hours cutting hay.  I like to think of it as extreme mowing.  I was pretty impressed with myself considering the fact I haven't sat on a tractor for over 10 years and still don't know how to drive a manual.

We ended the day sitting outside with my grandpa at the nursing home while the kids pedaled bikes & trikes around the sidewalk and parking lot.  We were originally planning to drive home this afternoon, but it was so hot and humid in Waverly today we decided to stay an extra day in my parents' air-conditioning.  I'm so glad we did!

It has been an incredibly fun and busy week.  Tomorrow it will be back to reality.  I'm going to miss sleeping in later than the kids, naps every afternoon and my mom's cooking (it's the best).  But we have lots of fun things waiting for us at home and more things to check off the bucket list! :o)