Pine Cone Animals and spring in the woods!

At Farrel McWhirter Farm there are baby pigs and baby chicks!  The chicks are all fuzzy with eiderdown and the pigs are getting very big and piggy indeed!  We made our own pine cone animals with pipe cleaners twirled around pine cones. The bees came out especially fun with yellow and black fuzzy stripes!

On our hike today we looked again for signs of spring.  We found more ferns unfurling and mushrooms sprouting.  There was a red trillium and muddy paths. For snack we had applesauce for the flowering apple tree and bunny cereal for the rabbits in the rabbit hutch.  We ended the day with a funny story about animals on the farm who have a fiesta in honor of Cinco de Mayo.  We all shouted "Ole!" together when the animals ate their spicy dishes!