Finally! A beautiful spring-like day! The younger kids had the day off of school due to conferences. I had some fairly early time slots (8:20am and 9), so that left the rest of this day free. We decided to take advantage of this opportunity to go down to Grandma and Lyle's farm to visit the baby lambs. They have had several already, and goodness knows they do not stay little for very long.
The kids had a great time. Melissa and Crispy fed the baby lambs bottles of special lamb formula. 
Tubby and Laura cried most of the time we were in the barn. No surprise with Laura, but Tubby caught me off guard....he usually LOVES animals! I sat with them on a hay bale in the middle of the room where it was impossible for any sheep of lamb to touch us over the pens. The neighbor girl enjoyed herself too, but shied away from bottle feeding at the last minute. She focused her attention instead on feeding the momma sheep some fresh hay. 
This gave the other kids a bit of courage to try the same, and soon all the adult sheep were just as well fed as those little babies.
Tubby and Laura cried most of the time we were in the barn. No surprise with Laura, but Tubby caught me off guard....he usually LOVES animals! I sat with them on a hay bale in the middle of the room where it was impossible for any sheep of lamb to touch us over the pens. The neighbor girl enjoyed herself too, but shied away from bottle feeding at the last minute. She focused her attention instead on feeding the momma sheep some fresh hay. This gave the other kids a bit of courage to try the same, and soon all the adult sheep were just as well fed as those little babies.We had some lunch back at the house, and spent a few hours just hanging out with Grandma. The kids like the change of scenery though they pretty much just play with the same toys that they play with at home. Though it was sad to see Grandma move from Waconia, it has been a great joy for the kids to visit her on the farm.
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