Old McDonald's Farm

Yep, that was really the name of the place we visited today. It's an educational farm just east of Portland, with week-long summer camps and day programs for children, where they can feed animals and groom them, muck out sheds and stalls, learn to ride horses, etc. Our friends Mary and Rowan were going and invited us, and it was a really fun morning. I'm glad we had the chance to visit without Sebastian to distract Liesl, because she was enthralled by the animals - truly focused on each one, on touching them and learning from the guide about how to act around them. She helped feed them an oats/corn/barley mixture as well as hay, used the hose to fill up water bowls, groomed the goats and sheep, and even used a trowel to pick up manure. She most loved the horses, the pony, and the donkey, and asked repeatedly to re-visit them and to go for a ride. I think we have pony riding in our future. :) 

doing the chicken dance. :)