Farm Hands

Last night I stayed out til midnight, believe it or not, with my Bible study ladies. I have absolutely no energy left, but I thought I would give you a quick bullet list of all the kids did at Farm Hands today. It was pretty much awesome! 

• Shelled pop corn by hand and by antique hand cranked harvester
• Harvested pop corn out in the field
• Checked out the ice house...amazing!
• Made caramel corn
• Herded sheep
• Fed chickens and collected eggs
• Pumped water
• Herded chickens into the coop (this was hilarious to watch by the way)
• Climbed up in the hay mow and jumped down into the hay, over and over
• Helped with fire wood
• Learned about an old egg grader
• Pushed the manure spreader all the way across the barnyard 'without horses!!' as James reminds me
• Learned a little about blacksmithing
• Watched the barn cat hunt and capture a mouse
• Learned about wood ducks, corn worms, caterpillars and Osage Oranges

James was in heaven, and I loved it too. Watching the look on his face for 3 solid hours was priceless. He ran everywhere he went, that sort of joyous happy run that comes from being in his element.