Farm

I know it has been a while since our last post but everyone is our house has been sick. Hailey has a sinus infection so she is still on medicine but she is getting better so that is good. Both Brian and I have had little colds as well but I think we are all on the road to recovery.

A few weeks ago Hailey's class went on a field trip to a farm. We got to learn a little about living on a farm and about corn and hay and straw. She really wasn't into the listening portion of the trip so she just played in the hay until it was time for the hay ride. We rode around the farm and got to see some cows and then we went into the barn and watched them milk a cow. Hailey thought that was fun and kept laughing when they would try to shoot the kids with the milk from the udder. Then we got to go where all the other animals were kept. This was her favorite part and as soon as she saw the animals she jumped up and down and looked at me and said, "can I pet them?". So we got her some feed and she fed the sheep right out of the palm of her hand. She stood there and just kept petting them. We also saw some bunnies, pigs, ducks and goats but she was really only interested in the sheep. She asks me all the time if we are going to the barn today, it is so sweet.

After we fed the animals the kids got to go to the pumpkin patch and pick out a pumpkin of their own. When we got home Hailey wanted to carve her pumpkin. Since we already had one carved and Halloween was over I told her she could paint her pumpkin. She got all excited and even picked out the colors she wanted to use. I was surprised that she was so excited about getting her hands in paint. I guess school has helped her overcome her fear of getting her hands dirty. She had a lot of fun and it was so cute to watch her. I can't believe it is almost time to take down the fall decorations and get the Christmas ones out. I think she will miss talking to her pumpkins but I think she will be just as excited to talk to all the santas and snowman we will have out.