Home on the Range: 2011

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Kim & Boys at the Farm

Before Lucas turned 2 Kim & her boys flew out for a nice long visit to the farm.

They stopped to visit Baba at Lacombe & warmed her heart.

Lucas
It was cold so the boys cheeks turned rosy as they played in the snow.

Nicholas as the King of the Snowbank

Nic & Luc playing on the toboggan

Luc never met an animal he didn't like & he loved our cats almost to their death!!!!!

Nic riding the horsey Grandpa set up for him in the house where it was warm.

The neighbors had baby lambs to bottlefeed

Grandpa introducing Nic to the heifers

They all wondered who this little person was!

Nic enjoying a winter pear with Grandpa

The hot tub got used every day

Lucas enjoying an apple with Grandma

Nic & Grandpa studying the Bull Sale catalogue

Having a ride on the snowmobile

Learning about farm safety with a stickerbook
(notice the toothpick in Murray's mouth - well Nic wanted to copy grandpa so he was picking ice , haha, out of his teeth the first day & every meal after that he made sure to set out a toothpick beside his & grandpa's plates!)

Feeding bison & Nic cutting strings off the bale for grandpa

Luc & the cats again

Nic brushing Dayleen's 4-H calf

Luc sitting on Scott Kerr's 4H calf

With Great Grandpa

Cuddling with Grandma

We packed a lot of activity into a week but the visit still wasn't long enough!
Every day is something new to discover on the farm & wouldn't you know the day after they left we had our first calf. Hopefully there will be many more visits to the farm where there is much to explore. Nic was thrilled to actually be able to walk home from riding with Grandpa ALL BY HIMSELF. Like Kim said, in the city they never go anywhere by themselves. We don't realize how free kids are in the country.