Anslee at Moonmeadow Farm

Anslee loves going to visit Moonmeadow Farm! My sister has had constant company all summer ~mostly relatives. She said it reminds her of the children's book, The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant. (How do you underline on here?!) As soon as some cousins (who'd been there for a week)left, we showed up.
My nieces are so awesome and patient with all their cousins, and we just adore them! Thanks to my fabulous sister for being such a gracious, incredible hostess!!
She liked to follow her cousins as they were doing their chores. I'm sure it's not easy milking a cow with a small child attached to your back!!

This cousin wins the most patience award! She answered question after question from both Andrew and Anslee.

Anslee didn't really want to ride the horses, but she really enjoyed grooming them.

Anslee lost her first tooth! She was so nervous about it coming out, and wouldn't let anyone help at all. It had been barely hanging and then just fell out. She almost started crying, but the cousins all hooped and hollered and made such a big deal about it that she held it in, and then was really proud.

Celebrating the lost tooth.

Anslee LOVES the Lion King. If she has her own money to spend, she buys anything about lions. Her favorite animals on the farm were the cats, because "lions are in the cat family." The first day she kept grabbing them and holding them. Gradually as they got sick of this, all the cats ended up scratching her. When pumpkin (her favorite) scratched her, she came in and cried, "I don't like the cat family anymore!! Not even lions. They are mean! I am only going to like...ELEPHANTS!" and she started sobbing. We talked with her (again) about how cats like to be treated. By the end of our visit, the cats loved her and would crawl up on her lap. Now she likes lions again. :-)