So, I know it looks as if we are farm hopping, but it is all coincidental. The girls' Auntie Anita was available to do an adventure with us today, and we took her up on it. She'd never been to a farm: It was our duty to bring her up north to Moorpark!
When Felix heard we were going, he jumped on the bandwagon and met us there. (He only lives 15 minutes away.)
We started by watching the Animal Show: rats, rabbits, chickens, a cockatoo and a calf.
All the things we learned ...
- Did you know rats tails are used for balance?
- Did you know that rabbits use their ears as air conditioning? They can't sweat.
- Rabbits also have eyes on the sides, which led the instructor to teach us: "Eyes to the side mean I like to hide. Eyes to the front mean I like to hunt." Hence, humans are hunters!
- Did you know it takes 21 days for an egg to hatch?
- You know a calf is a baby cow, but a heffer is an adult that hasn't had children whereas a cow has had babies.
Then it was off to look at all the other animals. There were so many ... it was fun! A donkey, horses, emus, bunnies, goats, ducks, piglets and a huge lazy pig. Sedona said about the last one: "I smell that giant piggy."
First stop on the picking line: STRAWBERRIES! Yum!
Empty...
FULL BIN!!!!
Sedona ate so many while picking that it was hard for her to finish filling a container.
Anita was checking out the raspberries, but our girls didn't like them.
Carrots! It was fun to show them that they grow in the ground .. and well, are dirty!
Ha-ha, see Sedona's face; she is a clean girl.
Yay! Maven did some digging too!
Picking some striped beets! (That's a Tinkerbell temporary tattoo on Sedona's right arm.)
Finishing up the awesome family farm with some playtime in the sandbox and tot area.
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