Easter Chicks!

As a first grade teacher, Mommy hatches eggs with her class every year at Silver Creek Elementary School. The eggs were supplied by our farmer friend Frank Jenkins. As well as the usual chicks, a baby turkey was hatched, as well as two baby geese and a baby duck. We got to keep some of the chicks, as well as the baby turkey, goslings, and baby duck overnight before taking the whole bunch back to Frank's farm. That Sunday, exactly a week before Easter, was a beautiful day, and we took Easter pictures with Daddy's camera in my family's front yard. Hazel and Sage were with us.

Here, Mommy is letting Sage pet a baby goose.


Here are a couple of sweet pictures of them together with the gosling.

Hazel joined them.

Mommy had a nice pose alone with the gosling.

Daddy decided to lie down with one of the baby geese.

My family joked how the baby goose appears to be whispering into Daddy's ear.

It seemed interested in Daddy's mustashe.

The duckling joined them. It liked to climb all over shoulders and onto our heads.

Daddy appeared nice and relaxed with his two companions.

Emma posed with the duckling.

We had to keep Rusty and our cat Charlie away from the baby geese, duck, and the chicks. Rusty got to have his own photo.

Here is a nice family photo.

Sage certainly enjoyed being together with Hazel and the baby geese.

We finally brought the chicks out in Emma's Easter basket.

Here is a nice close-up. The baby turkey is in the top right corner, with dark feathers on top of his head, and white around his eyes.

Sage posed alone with the Easter basket and a chick on her lap.

It was Emma's turn to be with the Easter basket.

I finally got to be in the pictures. Here is me with a chick.

When I attempted to pose with the Easter basket, this baby turkey wanted out!

Here, they all stayed put, though one of the baby geese was interested in my hand.

Here is a nice overhead picture with a better view of the chicks.

Hazel got to hold a baby chick.

Hazel joined me at the Easter basket. One of the chicks had gotten out and was looking around. We enjoyed looking at the baby turkey before letting him run free too.

The baby geese were cute in Hazel's hands.

Emma got to visit with them. The baby goose that Hazel was holding seemed interested in Emma.

I have another bunch of photos of the visit to Frank Jenkin's farm. I was busy taking pictures on the farm. I'm eager to have them posted. Happy Easter!