Day after Thanksgiving was a little overcast with some intermittent rain, but we went back to the barn area to see if any calves had been born as they were expected. Lydia was not pleased to be near the cows, took time to explain her position, and was not first in line to get near the fence to see the cows. (See below)
We did get to see a new born calf behind the barn, startling its mother, and sending both into the pasture, with newborn struggling to walk with that awkward stumbling gait of newborn calfs. the children thought he was so cute. I did too. In the picture below the calf is lying down next to the far cow in the upper left. She will not come much closer than that nor will she let us much closer. Now the other cows, they are curious.
Julianna was fascinated and stood and watched listening to their low mowing and snorting, not concerned after our earlier visits and awareness of the fence and the cows interest and similar concerns towards us.
with my invitation to try to pet the cow, as one cow in particular got close, she surprised me and did after I showed her how the cow was just looking for a scratch.
later we went into the barns and saw Great Granddaddy's old tractor and the one I particularly like to drive when working at the farm.
Of course we had to try out sitting in the seat. It was a little large for little people
And old trailers are fun to climb on until spider webs are noticed
all in all a farm and a barn is a good place to visit the day after Thanksgiving with grandchildren.
Looks like a great Thanksgiving
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