Ricki Bastyr
8 years old
Third grade
When do you do chores? On weekends sometimes and during the week in the evening after school and in the morning before school.
What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite chore is helping hold the gate. I like helping my dad with letting the cows out of the barn after milking. My least favorite is shoveling the manure.
What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? I help my mom cook the meals on nights when we are haying.
Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. The first time we got chicks. I liked that I got to hold and pet them.
What is your favorite animal on your farm? I like all the chicks. I like that they are fluffy and soft. I also like to eat eggs as well as collect eggs.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A hairstylist, because I am really good at doing my own hair.
If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. I would have horses or maybe get goats. I would also have a barn and a side-by-side
What is your favorite game to play on the farm? We play horses with the sorting sticks. When Dad is on a break for 20 minutes, we will play cops and robbers.
What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? I like it when we have taco nights.
What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? On Thursdays with Mom, we have our day of fun. We have gone to a fair, to the mall a few times and to Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis.
Bernidette Bastyr
5 years old
Kindergarten
When do you do chores? Before and after school and on weekends.
What is your favorite and least favorite chore? I like getting the cows up after milking and getting them out of the barn. My least favorite is picking up branches in the yard.
What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? During calving season, I like helping get the calves in the pens and I name them.
Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. Seeing a calf being born.
What is your favorite animal on your farm? The chicks, especially Boba. I like to hold them. Boba is nice.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A farmer.
If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. I would have baby chickens, horses, cows and sheep. I would have a barn with big fans and a house.
What is your favorite game to play on the farm? Playing horses with the sticks. My stick is purple, my brother has a blue stick and my sister has a red stick.
What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? Spaghetti.
What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? Going to another farm to see the sheep.
Motley Bastyr
4 years old
Preschool
When do you do chores? In the morning and evening and on weekends.
What is your favorite and least favorite chore? My favorite is feeding the cows their ground feed. I also help put down lime in the walkway. I don’t have a least favorite.
What project do you enjoy helping your parents with on the farm? I like to help fix fences or pick rocks.
Tell us a fun memory you have of living on the farm. The day when I got my kids’ zero-turn lawnmower.
What is your favorite animal on your farm? I like the chickens because Grandpa brought them.
What do you want to be when you grow up? A dairy farmer.
If you had a farm, describe what it would look like. I would have horses, cows, pigs and chickens. I would like to have green and red tractors.
What is your favorite game to play on the farm? Cops and robbers. I like it when Daddy chases us in the barn.
What is your favorite meal that your mom or dad makes? Pork and dumplings.
What is your favorite thing to do off the farm with your family? Going fishing.
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