Sunday, July 22, 2007

Open Farm Day

Sunday was Open Farm Day around the state, so we took Evelyn down to Nezinscot River Farm and White Birch Alpacas for some barnyard belligerence.
Evelyn has been fascinated by the fact that cows and horses eat hay recently. Today she discovered that goats do too! That little observation pretty much rocked her day.

After the hay fascination finally began to wear, a friendly kitten came to ay hello. Evvie loves cats, but her high-pitched enthusiasm usually sends them running. Today's farm cat was as big or bigger a hit than the other animals.



An interesting result of the day came about in Evvie's animal sounds. Aafter we came home and were imitating the barnyard sounds, her "moo" has changed. There's a lot more "mmmmmmm" than "ooooh" after spending a significant amount of time with the cows and studying the way they low.

She's always been a good mimicer of our words, and now she's ready to be the next "cow whisperer".

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