Our children's museum is awesome. We try to get to all of their events and recently, we got to participate in the annual Farm Day. They had pony rides, a "hair" sheep (his fleece simply falls out on it's own. It cannot be spun into wool because of the amount of hairs actually in it.), some 3 week old babies - a goat and some chicks, and a 4 day old piggy who was smaller than a bunny rabbit! We couldnt' hold the piggy - too stressful for her. But, the kids were able to interact with the other animals.
There was also a planting station where they could plant a basil plant to take home. Both kids did this and we re-potted them here at home. the plants are growing very well and we are incorporating basil into some of our meals. The kids would love to grow a garden. Their mother would not. So, this basil project is plenty for us. We are also growing a tomato plant that we grew from a seed at a different children's museum event (Science Night). That plant is growing, but they seem to think we are going to be able to make spaghetti sauce from it's tomatoes. The entire plant is the size of, I don't know... a parsley garnish. Look for our sauce in the spring of 2016, I suspect.
Inside, the kids could make butter - which neither child likes, so Lew was happy to sample for them. He said it was very good, actually.
Then we headed upstairs to the diner. Lew ordered the special.
I just ordered dessert.
Holding their basil plants.
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