The kids and I had a fun visit to a nearby alpaca (or as Johnathan pronounces it, ala-paca!)farm this morning with buddies Ellie and Margaret. The animals are so sweet, with their soft fur and big eyes. The kids had fun trying to entice them to come over to sample the hay they offered. If they held still enough, the little alpacas would come over and sniff their faces - at which point the Boaz siblings would scare them off by squealing and running away!
We learned, among other things, that alpacas are mainly raised for hair and are sheared once a year, they only have teeth on the bottom of their mouth, and baby alpacas are called cria.
Here is a little girl who was just born on Saturday.
She and her attentive mama stuck close together.
A morning of furry fun with our friends!
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