today we went to the 'lambing event' at a local farm. they have 80 pregnant sheep plus a whole load of other animals, tractors, a mini train and a bouncy castle. i lured the kids along with the promise of the mini train and the tractor, hoping that to see a few lambs & calves being born, and cowes being milked, might be educational. (yeah right)
it started off ok, with youngest holding a newborn lamb, then we saw 2 lambs being born (i confess the kids were starting to get a bit bored by then) and then there was the milking of the cows. however, eldest, being a true daughter of her mother's, soon started to complain about the smell .and basically, that was it. no more interest in animals no matter how many cows were milked, piglets or calves were born, lambs swapped between mothers (they only have 2 teats, so if they have 3 lambs then the strongest gets given to a mother of 1 lamb) etc. the two highlights of the day were the fun fair (read: bouncy castle and merry-go-round) and supper at yo sushi!'s...
what can i say............................ grandchildren of their grandmother's that's for sure!
hihi!
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;-)
(Oudste zat laatst met een vriendje en diens vader in de auto, in het weiland stond een ooiveaar, dus oudste iedeen daar enthousiast op wijzen, komt -ie gedesillusioneerd thuis: - je hebt ook mensen die daar geen kont om geven mam.)
@Fienke: hihihihi! die arme jongen. dat gaat dus niks worden tussen jouw & mijn oudste... ;-)
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