The other day as we drove home from school the girls were talking about being farmers. Cailey decided she was going to be a farmer and Mia decided to join her. They talked about it all the way home. Daddy was going to build them a barn, just like he built their treehouse. I explained that Daddy bought the treehouse as a kit with all the parts cut and ready to go with directions. They thought they could find a barn kit.
At dinner they brought it up again. We were talking about jobs that need a college degree. Cailey thought farming wouldn't need college. We explained that some people did go to college to learn about farming. I also pointed out that since she didn't grow up on a family farm to learn the business that way, she'd need to go to college to learn about it.
David explained learning about how to prepare soil and talked about planting seeds, etc. Then Cailey exclaimed, "I don't want to GROW food. I don't even like that kind of food. Corn... yuck!"
I think Mia piped up that they could grow chickens for chicken nuggets, but then they decided they would just buy their food at the store.
As it turned out, they didn't really want to be farmers, just live on some big open land somewhere and have lots of animals. BUT NOT PIGS! They did not want pigs.
2 comments:
I'm sure they are going to want to have horses. I'm glad they enjoyed the book I bought them. I'm glad it had a happy ending even though it brought them to tears.
That is so funny! I'm sure Linliey would love to come live with them on their farm, she is so much like Cailey with the love for animals!
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