A Day at the Farm

This weekend my sister in law Jamie signed up for "farm duty" through the school she works for. She works with special needs kids at Goldenview School in Huntington Beach. Any kid that attends that school is so lucky, because off to the side of the school is a huge farm. The classes get to visit weekly to clean the pens and feed the animals, which gives them a little taste of responsibility. The farm has a good collection of animals, 2 pot belly pigs, 2 sheep, 2 goats named Lilo and Stitch, a chicken coop with some crazy looking chickens, geese, ducks, and tons of rabbits. I'm sure I'm missing some animals. All these animals are housed in a fairly large area, that has a cute little stream with a lake.

Jamie's weekend duties consisted of cleaning the chicken coop, pig pens, bunny cages, sheep and goat area, feeding them, refilling their water tubs, cleaning the stream gutters, the list goes on and on. It doesn't sound like much, but it was a full days work. The kids were in awe. It was like they had a huge petting zoo all to themselves! They fed the piggies apples, gave the ducks and geese their bird seed, raked the stream gutters, filled the water tubs, they really stepped up when it came to helping. It was like they lived on a farm all of their lives!











Emma takes her duties very seriously.










This was taken right after I told Owen not to jump over the stream. He apparently didn't listen.


This was my favorite guy at the farm. His name is Magoo and he's a blind goose.




Pooped!