Thursday, August 6, 2009

A Visit To The Funny Farm


One of the benefits of having a personal petting zoo is that everyone wants to come visit. Recently, my sisters-in-law brought some of their grandkids to see the animals. What fun we had. Sometimes I get a little nervous about having children around the animals. I want it to be a good experience for all...including the animals. I don't want anyone crying at the end of the visit. Especially me.

Does it look like anyone was crying?


Seven polite delightful children that happen to be my great-nieces and nephews mingled among the critters with bags of carrots and peanuts (highly recommended by Marigold)
Not once did I have to say...Stop, don't feed them that. Or.....Wait, you can't play in their drinking water. Or....Stop chasing the chickens.

I heard things like...."Aunt Goatgirl, would the pigs like a carrot?"
"May I pet the llama?"
"I love Alice"

Sunny was a huge hit.


Cora Belle would not leave the baby alone. She was fascinated.


My handsome nephew loved the llamas. This picture made me a little sad about Penne going to greener pastures...but only for a minute.


By the end of the day we were calling this little guy "Goatboy"


Now their choice of footwear had something to be desired. Just don't call them thongs...it will date you.

6 comments:

Holly said...

*smile*

what a wonderful introduction to livestock.

Danni said...

Snort!! Thongs!! heh
What a lovely petting zoo you have. May I come and visit, too? I promise to be good and not make you cry. :-)
Beautiful kids, beautiful animals - what a great day!

goatgirl said...

I agree Holly!

Of course you can come visit the petting zoo Farmgirl. Just leave your thongs at home.

@JDHealingTimeOnEarth said...

Very nice, Wendy! You are very good at this, hope you persue it!

Thongs, eh, I cannot stop calling them that!! When the grandkiddos look at me and say "what??" and when the daughter scoffs with laughter, I know I've slipped up again! I have a very cute cartoon that refers to this... I'll have to post it on my blog for you for a good laugh.

Kelly said...

That is such a good experience for kids. They need to be exposed to animals. What a great day. No tears.
Kelly

Marigold said...

Now that looks lovely...children NICELY feeding Peanuts. The children that have been here only want to see Watson faint! Oy. A Peanut to them all...especially that baby. Obviously CoraBelle has excellent taste in Peanuts...the food kind and the baby kind. :)