Mary Had a Little Lamb -- or was it Sue?

This afternoon after we got back from the store, I took Kristen and AJ on a bike ride to a little farm close by. Hunter was sleeping, and I left Timothy in charge of him while we rode the few kilometers to see what we could see. My plan was to see the sheep and, possibly, the newborn lambs. I wasn't disappointed.

When we arrived, we saw mostly adult sheep. In fact, I saw no lambs right away. One of the ladies who owns/works the farm was walking up to the barn with a bottle of milk for a little lamb, and she eventually brought a lamb out for us to see and pet.

AJ and Kristen feeding the sheep straw.

K petting the lamb. This lamb was only three days old.


Here is the lamb nursing. I thought this was precious.

After we arrived home, I got off my bike, turned around, and saw this.

One interesting fact that I noted when I observed the sheep: they don't cut the tails off like they do in the US. I don't know what the reasoning is, but I was surprised when I noticed that even the adult sheep still had their tails.

I hope to take the kids down there again sometime, but it has been my experience that they let the sheep out to pasture for the summer. Hopefully, I won't miss my window of opportunity to see the lambs again.