Around The Farm

Alex

I couldn’t stop smiling. I felt ridiculous. It wasn’t like I had never had two breakfasts in one morning before. It wasn’t the food. It was the company. I had enjoyed sitting at the kitchen table and talking with Oliver and Damion. I loved watching the two of them together. I could tell Damion was a good father. Maybe a little overprotective, but good nonetheless.

It would be interesting to see how they did in the barn. We had stalls to clean and hay to haul. I had a busy day planned and hoped the boys were up to the task.

“We’re here!” Oliver exclaimed as he walked into the barn.

I smiled. “I see that. Are you ready to work?”

He nodded. “Yep!”

“All right, we need to bathe the horses first,” I told them.

They both looked at me like I had grown a second head.

“Bathe?” Damion questioned.

“In the bathtub?” Oliver asked as he turned to look at the horses. “They are too big!”

“Not in the tub. There’s a place out back we’ll use. Before we do that, we need to get all our supplies. Follo