animal love.

 The kids would think they'd died and gone to heaven if we could live on a farm. They are the biggest animal lovers I've ever known. And they have no bias - "What an adorable alligator! Can we hold him?" and "Ah, look at this snake. Can we keep her?" So we spent our second day at the fair last weekend going from animal to animal. We went through every barn and stopped at most animals. Parker asked every 4H kid he could find if they had an animal there and if he could meet it and pet it. They spent a lot of time simply sitting in front of gates or cages just soaking it all in. "Can we get a goat? A cow? A chicken? A turkey? A pig? Yes? A pig?" Maybe next year...