Saturday, March 13, 2010

Lambing Time at Wimpole Farm!

Chris needed a day off from daddy duty today, and he went to an auction house, so the kids and I headed to Wimpole Farm. Wimpole Farm is a working farm, originally built in 1794. It is a huge area with a farm house, gardens, and the actual farm. Well, LAMBING TIME started today. I have been seeing lambs everywhere in the fields on my way to work and I was dying to get near them. Oh, and I thought maybe the kids would like them too. The website said that maybe we would even see a lamb be born! Well, we didn't. But, we saw one that was newly born--umbilical cord still dangling around. Blech.
They put all the expecting mommy's in one large corral. They post some of the signs to look for to know that a lamb was coming in the next few minutes. No teeth grinding and pawing was observed. Oh well. We saw lots of fat mamas and little lambs anyway.


There were even some baby piggies...besides Em!

I love pictures of the kids from behind as they look at the sites...


The play grounds were great. It was hard to tear Em away.


Some mini horses
A giant cow.
Augi spied some castle ruins in the distance!
It was a great day with the kids. Tomorrow is Mum's Day in England.
Don't you think I should get to celebrate both the US and British holidays?

4 comments:

ysh said...

absolutely celebrate mom-ness anytime you can!!!

sarah baldwin said...

i'm with "ysh" (whoever that is)... celebrate away!!! in fact, maybe i'll celebrate it here too.

i LOVE that you had an outing with the kids today. were you missing me? i've been missing you tons and tons lately. just going and doing with the kids. i love that augi spied a castle ruins. only in england.

did chris score anything at the auction? do tell... oh and we need picts of your new set of wheels. woo hoo!! xoxo s.

Munchy's Mama said...

Looks like a good time. The lil' animals look adorable and the farm ones do too!

Heather said...

And now I am jealous of your travels!
-h