Dairy Farm Field Trip

Yesterday the boys and I joined our Mommy & Me group for a tour of a local dairy farm. The weather was beautiful and it ended up being a perfect day for this type of event.

We started our tour out by sitting on hay bails and learning about what cows eat, how they feed the babies, etc. Then we went on a hay-ride around the dairy.

The next part of our trip was going to the petting zoo area to feed and touch the animals.

Deklan spent all but 45 minutes of our day in the stroller and was perfectly content to sit back and watch the animals and kids.

At the end of our tour we sat down at picnic tables and ate the lunch that we brought. We also had ice cream that was made right at the farm. Grafton had Cotton Candy flavored ice cream and Deklan and I shared Pumpkin Cheesecake ice cream. It was delicious!

After lunch everyone but us and one other family left. We ended up staying for another hour so that Grafton & his friend could pet and feed the animals without all of the other kids in his way.

It was a wonderful day!

Bouncing, Sliding, and Climbing

Today the boys and I joined our Mommy & Me Group at an indoor play place where the kids made a bookmark for Mother's Day, jumped in a couple of bounce houses, climbed on a jungle gym, went down slides, and enjoyed a lunch that consisted of a Capri Sun, pizza, chips, and a chocolate chip cookie. The entire day only cost $9.41 ($5.41 for Grafton to play and $4 for the craft and lunch).  It was well worth it!

 

Right now the boys are taking a much-needed nap. Once they wake up, we're heading to the mall with my mom to have dinner and to take advantage of a couple of sales that I just can't pass up.  

I think tomorrow we'll need to stay home & rest!

Earth Day at the Farm

To celebrate Earth Day, Grafton and I met up with a Mommy & Me group to spend a few hours at a farm and enjoy Mother Nature.  

When we first arrived we waited at the entrance for all of the moms and toddlers to show up. There just happened to be a gum-ball machine at the entrance too.  Grafton begged and begged for a gum-ball, but it was way to big for his mouth and they looked like they'd been sitting in that machine for a very long time.

Here's a picture of Grafton's face while he was begging for gum.

Once everyone got there we loaded onto a wagon and set out to tour the farm. The weather was unseasonably warm, so our ride got quite toasty! Our first stop was to feed the animals and Grafton was able to feed a cow and some goats.  While he was feeding them he kept saying, "Mom, this is great!"

 

Next, the kids went through a little maze. Grafton hadn't went very far and he asked me to join him. You would think since I am much taller and can see the entire thing I could have gotten us out easily.  Not so, we ended up taking a little "shortcut" through a couple of the hay barrels.

Here we are proud to have finished the maze!

Our next stop was the chicken coup where the kids fed the chickens and collected their eggs.

I think Grafton found the most eggs of all the kids. It must have been because of all of the egg hunting he did at Easter.

Once all of our farm work was done, we sat down in the shade and a had wonderful picnic lunch. Afterwards, the kids ran around and collected pine cones and played in some play houses on the property, while the mom's sat at the picnic tables and visited.

On our way out, we purchased a tomato plant and we were also given some sunflower seeds to plant.  I don't exactly have a green thumb, but Grafton and I are going to try our best to grow them.  If we're successful, I'm sure you'll be reading about it soon!