Over the river and through the woods...

We went to Grams and Gramps so the kids could see the animals and have a little farm yard fun. The drive over there always reminds me of our old house. Todd and I lived on 10 acres up north for the first 8 years of our marriage, and we pass right by our old stomping grounds on the way to Grandma's. It's such a pretty drive and makes me miss our horses and the seclusion of our little place in the woods. The first order of business was to get a huckleberry cone at my favorite little stop out that way. When we got to Grams and Gramps house we paid a visit to Swifty the cow. He wasn't really impressed with us, so we spent most of our time trying to bribe him with oats and handfulls of grass, roots and all. I think Ella and Charlie would be on cloud 9 if we lived on a farm, rolling in the dirt all day, living off the land - literally in some cases. Next stop: pigs, Lenny and Louise to be exact. Man, they don't call pigs "pigs" for nothin', I've forgotten how stinky those creatures are. No wonder Dave and I are the only ones that got up close and personal with our pigs back home. They kept doing a reverse snort and spraying muddy snot all over us, it was hilarious. We made our way to the chicken coop, and they get the award for being the only thing stinkier than pigs. They weren't tiny, cute little chicks anymore, they were in the awkward teen phase. The chickens don't have names though, I guess there's too many to name, but I can think of several - nugget, tender, BBQ, marinated, roasted...The kids finished out the visit by climbing up the fort (with Dad, I'm paranoid when my kids do the things I did when I was younger) and swinging on the tire swing. I sat with the babies on the grass (it was actually warm and sunny that day, a huge shock) and just soaked up some vitamin D. When we loaded up, right next to our car was a Mommy turkey and about 10 tiny babies waddling behind her. Ahhh, nothing like country living. Todd always says to me "you can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl."