Milestones
Posted By: Kelly Marston
The start of each summer marks a beginning. School is over and while days aren't measured by homework to be completed or hours in a classroom, learning doesn't stop. At Plantation it moves outdoors. Skills are continuously being acquired as we explore the environment around us. We build coordination and agility as we hike, ride horses, and play capture the flag, and perhaps most importantly, we learn how to be a better friend and live with different people.
Camp is in full swing!!!
Soccer is being played in the meadow, dozens of campers went to the Park to stake their claims and build forts, and lessons are going on in the corral. In other words, it is camp time. The start of a new session brings so much excitement. Everyone, not just the campers, looks forward to the joy that a month at camp brings. The first morning can be a bit quiet, but by morning singing it felt as if eveyone had been here for many summers. Now with activities in full swing, the farm is filled with the happy sounds of summer.
First steps
I can't help also sharing with you milestones in Reilly and Aidan's lives too. On the first day of camp Aidan took his very first steps on his own. After months of cruising around pieces of furnitures and, more recently, taking steps and even learning to dance while holding on to someone, Aidan started walking without assistance. He is still wobbly and crawling is his mode of choice when he needs to get someplace, for now.
Not to be left out, Reilly had his share of firsts too. On our mother-son day/town trip Reilly enjoyed his first ice cream cone with sprinkles. We learned about the importance of cleaning up drips and not licking it so that it falls off the cone. Altogether he thought it was very good, especially after he realized that he got to eat the cone too.
His second feat was riding a horse. He wasn't on his own, but rode with our neighbor, Terry, up into the Alpine meadow. There was even a bit of trotting. While, he LOVES horses he had been a bit hesitant to get too close. It is so great to be part of a community with neighbors like Terry.
Farm Update
With so many hands working on the farm it is changing constantly. The most exciting news is that we have 7 new lambs. The most recent was born yesterday afternoon. When sheep chore got to the meadow they counted the 6 lambs that were there in the morning and Reilly spotted a new one, still wet from the birth. They watched it take it's first steps, Reilly got to name it (Plantation tradition is that the first person to see an animal born gets to name it), and we are so happy that our flock is expanding.
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