We briefly visited the shore of Lake Michigan before we hiked one of the Indiana Dunes State Park trails. It was a great short hike and Syd slept in the hiker. But, she was basically bug bait - I forgot the bug spray, so the hike was cut short :(. I'll remember next summer!
*** In my defense ... There has been some buzz about the Chic-Fil-A and Sydney-chasing-chickens post. Some viewers expressed shock at the graphic post. If you missed it, I'm sure you are now quickly scrolling south.
Of course, the post was meant to be silly.
During the B.S. era (Before Sydney), I didn't think much about farm animals. Now, Sydney has a number of farm animal-related toys, books and stuffed animals. It's kinda creepy. After all, we're teaching her to adore pigs, cows, chickens and sheep: creatures that we enjoy eating. (Disclaimer: I've never ate a sheep). Why isn't there more baby kitsch with badgers, cougars, muskrats or capybara (world's largest rodent)?
She loves pigs almost as much as puppies. Well almost, I'm not sure she loves anything as much as puppies. But, it is close, and how/when do I tell her, that we eat pigs? One of my first reporting assignments as a journalist was to cover a hog farm controversy. I toured a hog farm, then didn't eat anything bacon or pork for more than a year. I also wasn't allowed to tell Jackie what I saw.
My cynicism is showing, but I'm just not as convinced at how happy those animals are in "The Big Red Barn" or "I'm a Pink Piggy."
Just food for thought ...
2 comments:
Maybe it's just me, but rodents just don't have the cuddle factor that farm animals do. I realize that my reasoning is flawed, as well as my diet. :)
I would recommend getting her interested in African animals, since they definitely are not served at any local restaurant. Hard though because they aren't often see in suburbia. I'm a big elephant and hippo fan.
Wow, your cynacism (sp?) is funny. You would get along with Tim who last night said to Lilly while she was eating fish..."Does Nemo taste good?". nice.
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