A Day on the Farm

Thomas has a book called Easter Babies, which is about new life in the spring time. It was very fitting because the day before Easter we spent the day visiting different farms to see baby animals. Thomas may be growing up in the city but his daddy is a farm boy. We want him to be in touch with his roots. :)

He was very excited about the adventure we were about to go on. We were lucky to have beautiful weather for our day on the farm!

We started out at the turkey farm where Thomas was introduced to baby poults. Erik and his siblings grew up on a turkey farm so they were very comfortable in the barn.

Uncle Peter is currently working on the farm. He gets to tend to the poults almost every day.

 These baby turkeys were eight days old when we visited.

 Kisses for the turkey.

 The whole Anderson clan.

The temperature in the poult barn was 90 degrees.

There were 22,000 turkeys in this barn.

Mama's first time holding a poult! (cheeks are getting rosy)

Next stop, the cattle farm.

Uncle Peter has also been spending some time with the baby cows. This calf was a couple days old and born a twin. Unfortunately, it is not in good health. I'm sure the presence of Thomas only caused it more stress.

 I look like a beached whale but I did manage to hop up on that bale for a "farm day" family pic.

 Outside we got a closer look at the big cows. Auntie Hannah is a farm girl at heart. :)

 Next stop, the sheep farm. This Ewe had just given birth to twin lambs. They were an hour old!!

The lamb in this picture was three days old. Sooo cute! Auntie Lauren didn't want to miss out on this leg of the adventure.

We also swung by Grandpa Fred's work to see some trucks. Thomas seemed pretty comfortable behind the wheel. He was talking up a storm...I wish I had a clue about what he was thinking!

It's always fun for Thomas to see the dog too!

Next stop, Grandma's for a BIG nap!