A Day at the Stock Show

We took a little field trip today... the boys and I joined some friends (another homeschooling family) and went to the Stock Show! Among all the sights (and smells!), we watched cows taking showers and getting all "purtied" up for their big events. Oh, were they beautiful!

We even watched a sheep getting sheered... shorn? We gave the guy a hard time and teased him for doing such a thing to these animals in the dead of winter in Colorado! But he promised us that they would be "indoor sheep" until they grew their coats back.

We also saw lots and lots of bunnies and chickens in all shapes & colors, and even saw some llamas, which was especially neat since we just finished studying the Incans who placed tremendous value on llamas. The boys saw some bees in action, Mason made some rope, and Maddox got to ride a real pony named Dolly!

Then we had a picnic lunch before heading back home for juggling practice.

All in a day's work for a homeschooling family... now off to our fun weekend trip!
Michele