Pigs, blankets and Santa? Yup!

One of the patient's told Brandon about a Christmas party at a pig farm. Since Tanny's favorite toy is a plush pig, and his favorite food is pig (or ham/bacon, as I prefer to think of it!) we thought it'd be fun to take them.

It was great, but quite different from what we expected-- it was a potbellied pig refuge, where they keep potbellied pigs till they're adopted...people were sporting shirts with sayings like "Pigs are friends, not food" and wearing pig hats. We didn't tell them about Tanzen's favorite food.

Instead of pigs in barns, we found pigs in a house, in stalls filled with blankets and pillows. I'm ignorant when it comes to pet pigs...I assumed potbelly pigs were small and domestic looking, but they were pretty big-- and I couldn't quite imagine having one on my couch cuddling with me. I learned that pigs are extremely intelligent and clean...although some of the pigs in the shelter had some potty training to learn! They cuddled with each other, which was cute.

This baby pig is 2 months old, and was more the size I was imagining for an indoor pig pet.

Tanzen and Makett enjoyed it, and Tanzen got a pig Christmas ornament, which he carried around for a week.

We had given up on waiting for Santa, but were lucky to meet him walking up the dark dirt lane as we were walking to our car. It made the boys' night!

Visit to a pig refuge in rural Pennsylvania? Check!