The Sheep

The Pet Lambs                                         

There are two pet lambs living in the backyard of the house. The girl is named Ada and the boy is called Bruce. There are many pleasures of caring for these three-week-old lambs. One of my favorites is feeding them. They are so cute when drinking out of their bottles, and we get to see their little tails wagging.  Another one of my favorite things to do is watch the sheep play. They chase each other around and prance all over the place. But the best thing (in my opinion) is to snuggle them. They are very hesitant at first and you have to grab them. Once they are in your lap or arms, they are less squirmy. And once your body relaxes, the lamb relaxes too. Then they just stay with you until it starts raining or you want them to get off.

The Pastures

The farm has lots of pastures which hold newborn to 5-year-old sheep. Though the only ones I made contact with were the one-year-olds. Paloma and I had to hop on the back of two motorbikes and ride out to the middle of the farm. We herded over 100 sheep in the span of an hour.  What was really hard about that part is that I had to hop off the motorbike a lot of times and walk up and down the hill. would have been fine but my legs were already super sore, which made it harder. But after successfully rounding up almost all of the sheep, we went back and relaxed in the house.

School

The People

The people are very kind at school. The girls and boys are separated a lot more than at home, and they have a more competitive side. When you have the option of where to sit, the girls sit on one side of the classroom and the boys sit on the other. They all play together at break 1 & 2, (recess), lunch, and fitness (PE). There were about 18 girls and 18 boys, give or take, in S Block. All of whom were very kind and made my school day very enjoyable.

Fitness

Fitness was probably one of my favorite times at school. During fitness, we ran some laps around the field, (I got back first) A game sort of like softball was chosen next. There was a home base and two chairs set up. There were people in the chairs and across the field. If you were not in the outfield, you would be in line. If you were at the start of the line, you would have one of the paddles and you would be tossed the ball. You would hit it and bring your paddle with you to first base. The rest is played like normal softball, except in the end if the person at the front of the line and they get a ball thrown at them then they are out. It is your job to get the paddle to your teammate.

Overall, the aspects of school were very enjoyable and they made me want to go back.

The House

The inside of the house we were staying in had three bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, and a sitting room. I slept in one of the bedrooms with Paloma and my mom and dad slept in the other room. Each room has two twin beds in it. The only room that did not have two twins in it was Margie’s and Jim’s room, which had one queen bed. The sitting room had two couches and two couch chairs. It also had a piano, a fire, and a great view. The living room had two more couches, a card table, and a TV. The kitchen had all of the normal kitchen supplies, and the dining room had one huge table with chairs placed around it.

Overall the house was pretty big, and pretty stuffed with furniture.

I really enjoyed my time at the farm, and would definitely come back, any day of the week. The school, people, house, and sheep, all definitely got two thumbs up from me and made my experience in New Zealand a whole lot better.