The Power of a Baby

What is it about baby animals that pull at a Mommy’s heart and make a genuine Cruella Deville like myself yearn to take them home? Seriously, I am not an animal person. You won’t catch me bending down to pet your dog, ever. And yet I found myself asking my husband if we could bring a goat home because they were “so cute”. Really they were… a mere 4 weeks old…look at them! Don’t you want one too? And the piglets… a mere two weeks old had me ooing and aahing. Pigs! But I felt much like Fern as I looked at their cute little pink bodies all huddled together.

As we drove home from from our trip to the petting farm today, I realized, that I am really just a big kid. I was going on to my husband telling him all about my favorite parts of the morning. I was so excited that I had goats eating from my hand and I got to hold a baby duckling! I truly felt like I had just as much fun as my kids did. And like a kid, those cute little, furry animals made me think, “Oh I want one.” forgetting about the extra work of cleaning, feeding, and taking care of them As if this circus needs any more animals in it!

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I know we went to the petting zoo for the kids and I am so glad that they had a good time, but between you and me, I think it’s entirely possible that Mommy enjoyed it more than they did. And it’s all because of those babies!