Sunday, October 31, 2010

5 legged sheep

Yes, you read that right. This is a photo of a very freaky 5 legged sheep. See the bent leg coming out of it's chest? That's the fifth leg.

One advantage of me studying extramurally is that my schedule is a bit more flexible so I've been able to be a 'parent helper' on a few of Luca's field trips. About 2 weeks ago they took his whole center (the babies, toddlers, and preschoolers) to an animal petting farm about 30 mins away from town. Half the fun, was the kids getting to ride the bus together.

It's an odd place. This couple has a bunch of land, and a bunch of strange animals - your typical farm animals, lots of rabbits, chickens roosters, cows, pigs, goats etc and they also have emus, ostriches, peacocks, chincillas, and all kinds of other things. When you arrive they give you loaves of bread to hand feed the animals. I think some of the animals where donated to them, because some looked a bit ill or out of place (including the 5 legged sheep!)

Regardless, the kids had a blast, and the teachers and parent helpers where VERY worn out by the time we got back on the bus to leave.

These two little spotted piggies where my favourite animal of the day!

Luca and his friend chillin' in the double buggy.


Snack time! It's pretty cute to watch all the kids together - and suprisingly they are well behaved en masse.
James and I had taken the boys to this petting farm before, but we usually combine it with a trip to the Irish pub for a beer afterwards. Somehow I didn't think the daycare wanted to stop there on the way home.




Big pigs squeeling and playing in the mud.


The boys trying to take the chicken's eggs. Look at their white diapers peeking out from their pants. Cuties! Although I do wish Luca would learn to use the toliet, I will miss the bubble butt diaper look when he finally does. It's oddly kind of cute. Although I loved getting to spend time with Luca and Wyatt and watching them interact with their teachers and friends, it was incredibly tiring watching all those kids. I felt a bit guilty leaving them with their teachers in the afternoon after the trip so that I could go home and do some school work. I know those teachers must have been knackered!

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