Farm Field Trip

This past Wednesday, I (yes, this is Becky actually posting) went along with Ally's class on a field trip to the farm to return the baby chicks to their home. Here they are in the classroom...

...and here they are with their brothers, sisters, cousins and other friends at the farm where they came from!
Ally got pretty quiet and wanted me to hold her while the chicks were released. She was really attached to them.

She recovered quickly, however, as we got to go into the chicken coop and hang with all the chickens! It was really cool.

She found a mislaid egg (ha ha), as did a few other kids, and we made sure they got into the appropriate boxes so they were safe.

After the chickens, we were on to the pigs! Now, keep in mind that we were in direct sun and it was over 90 degrees - but we managed to coax a pig and her 7 piglets over with an offering of watermelon rind.

Yum yum, served on a bed of rotting potatoes!

Then the kids got to toss some food scraps to the chickens. My favorite was watching a classmate roll up a tortilla from the pail and toss it into the yard. Ally got a piece of lettuce over the fence.

Then, we turned around back to the pigs and saw...

Piglets wallowing in the mud! What a perfect day to cool off - it was a scorcher.

But Ally didn't watch much of that, because she stood, transfixed, at three ENORMOUS pigs snuggled next to each other, sleeping in the shade.

The pictures don't do them justice - they were really, really big. And really, really asleep. Ally was fascinated.

Later, we got to see the farm pet - some wild turkeys!

After a snack, the kids all congregated around to check out the donkey.

We had a great time - it was sad to say goodbye to Ally's friends (the chicks), but we know they are where they should be. She still has the lizard, finches and worms in her classroom to keep her company - the girl loves her animals.