Llama Shearing Days

So this is our first foray into the wild world of Blogging. We were probably waiting for an event worthy to begin this adventure. We have found that in our activity from yesterday, Llama Shearing Days. Rachel heard about this event from the homeschool support group website. Basically all it said was that there would be llamas and they'd be getting shaved and it gave an address. So we loaded the kids in the van and headed across the river into Illinois to this persons house/farm. There were no signs, but lots of people, none of whom really appeared to be in charge. I ended up walking into this house where a buffet lunch was being served and no one said "hi" or "who are you and what do you want". We wandered around looking in the barn at the alpacas and llamas they had and then to the farm house again where we raided the kitchen. The kids loved it. There was a teeter totter and swing and llamas being sheared. It was neat to see the folks at work and how they spin the wool into yarn without carding(I was shocked too). This guy doing the spinning said how he had made this blanket by mixing in six different ways black and white wool to get six different shades of gray so as not to have to dye the wool. Then it was out to the pasture to feed the llamas. I am always impressed by the kids. They are fearless, especially Emma. She'll go tracking down these animals without the smallest hint of trepidation. The really cool thing is how well the animals respond to her. She has quite a way with all animals. All in all a great time and we're contemplating the June Llama-o-rama as the next adventure into the wild world of Camelids.