Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Sheep Shearing Weekend

Memorial Day weekend was also Sheep Shearing Weekend at Billings Farm. We had a great time, even though it was very crowded. It was the first time that we have been to Billings Farm and encountered a full parking lot.
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Sadie enjoyed playing with the old time toys that had been put out on the lawn for kids to play with.
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She also had a sample of maple ice cream and a cone of chocolate chip ice cream. We watched the sheep being sheared and looked at the chickens and cows. They were not offering wagon rides this weekend and Sadie was a little disappointed, but she got over it. She really enjoyed watching a woman spin wool with a spinning wheel (it reminded her of Sleeping Beauty), trying to card wool and making a little sheep craft with paper and real wool.
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This hoop tossing game was not as easy as it looked!

2 comments:

Dan said...

You forgot the part where daddy cut open his knuckle trying to card wool.

Anonymous said...

Annie, you used to try that hoop rolling at Williamsburg and liked the spinning at Heckscher Farm. The oictures are great! Dan, hope your knuckle is better.