I did it!  I finally got the baby calf necessary to more accurately demonstrate the birthing process!  As you may remember, I inadvertently confused my children by demonstrating a cow pillow pet giving birth to a baby squirrel (not a real squirrel, that would be so weird) as my calf resources were non-existent at the time.  Anyhow, we made a trip last week to the Rehoboth boardwalk for the express purpose of winning the pillow pet necessary to accurately depict this miracle of life.  Ok, that was my purpose- the rest of the family had other motives like rides, restaurants, quality time, blah blah blah.

I found myself back where it all began…the horse races.  Not real horse racing, the kind where you roll the little ball and hope it goes into the red hole because your horse will move farther than the others guy’s. I was a little off my game so I enlisted the help of my family.  Twenty dollars later we had won enough large prizes to trade in for the HUGE momma cow.  But did we get it? Nooo. Someone (Brian) felt entitled to get the HUGE dog he wanted because he said he pulled most of the weight.

Stupid dog.

I told him I was not going to do another inter-species birth, so 20 more dollars later I finally got my cow.

Here they are folks….

If you want me to explain this life affirming moment to your children just let me know.  I can come over or create a YouTube video for the whole family to view.  I’ve never been a member of 4-H or anything but I watch a lot of Animal Planet so I think all the pertinent information will be presented.  All you need to do is pop the popcorn.