I've been taking our beautiful surroundings for granted. I know this because Ella had a playdate today and we gave Ailish a tour of the farm. I had not walked through the secret garden in months.
It is a lovely farm and magical for children.
We walked through the garden, played in the willow house, explored the secret garden, and climbed fences. We pet horses, goats, pigs, baby cows, and a dog. We climbed bales of hay in the barn. We hand milked a cow and drank the milk.
We never stopped moving and looking and talking.
I was a little worried about Ella inviting her school friends here. You never know what a student might say or do. A child could be frightened by unusual behavior.
Ailish asked lots of questions about the students: Is he a grown up? Why doesn't he use words? Why is she so small? Why is he making that noise?
I answered every question, and then we happily moved right along to the next thing.
Helping two students feed the pigs some stale crackers --
