The horse kids came today. It is so icy right now it is just not safe to take horses out. We did find plenty to do and the kids had lots of fun.
Hay is brought up to the far end of the paddock, away from the ice. We talked about how you measure a horse, in hands. A hand is 4". We had made "hands" out of cardboard and they started by measuring each other. Our first "horse" measured 12 hands plus 2", 12.2. How many inches are you? How many feet? Then they measured the horses and even Stennis, the dog.
It was pretty cold yesterday. Stennis trying to keep his little piggies warm!
With no snow on the barn/greenhouse roof and the wood stove had been going all morning, it was pretty toasty in the art studio. Stennis joined us for lunch.
We started an art project, paper mache horses. It was cold on the fingers dunking in the glue with bare fingers. But with hot cocoa cups and a little persistence they did a great job. We will continue them next week and you will see the pictures when they are finished.
The kids all gravitated back outside and found chickens, this one now named Amber Grace....
and sleds!
They played, explored, created, innovated and had fun for the next couple hours! Do you see the fourth rider?
Here's a closer look.
And where was Scout?
Inside, getting naked and applying a tattoo!
Happy Days
