Field Trip to the Dairy

Crew is so very lucky to have his Aunt Crystal as his Preschool teacher. He is also lucky to have cousins in his Preschool class. It makes for fun days at school and super fun on field trips. Madisyn, Rosin and Crew are the three amigos. Earlier in the school year they got to go on a field trip to a dairy. I was lucky enough to get to go with them. Bronx also came along cause he is just spoiled like that.

Here they are...the three amigos. These three are going to have so much fun together in life.

B is all ready to go see some cows and taste some homemade ice cream.

Mad and Crew were like this most of the time. Mad assumes the role of protector over Crew, and Crew is just fine with that. He is so shy in public and appreciates someone willing to take his hand and lead the way.

Here they are on the tractor ride. They got to tour around the diary and learned some interesting facts about dairy cows. I learned that I am very glad that I am not a dairy cow because they have to stay pregnant. After they have a calf, they are given a few months rest and then become pregnant again to maintain their milk supply. Thanks but no thanks! Also, once the calf's are 24 hrs old, they are taken from their Moms and sent to a calf farm where they are raised for 14 months and then sent back to the dairy to continue the cycle. Don't get me wrong, I am thankful for these dairy cows, I mean how else would I get my yogurt and ice cream!

Here is a little calf that was born just a couple of hours before we arrived.

Here is the wonderful Mrs. Crystal a.k.a Aunt Crystal. She is a fabulous teacher and has helped my boys grow so much.

Here is the resident unicorn at the dairy. Really, he is, look at his horns. I believe his name was something along the lines of Unicorn.

Crew feeding a goat. It some convincing but he finally did it. Rosin is lending moral support.

Rosin feeding the Unicorn.

Crystal getting in on the action.

Here is Madisyn waiting for feed the horse some carrots. I was not able to convince Crew that it was a good idea.

However, he was willing to hold a chicken, go figure.

Little B taking a nap. He was so good on this trip and loved just being outside for a few hours.

The kids got to choose a flavor of homemade ice cream and a topping. They each chose vanilla with sprinkles. Yum. It was really good. I opted to go the chocolate route.

There was a huge stack of hay that the kids could climb and play on. By this time there was another school group there, but Mad and Crew decided to brave it anyway.

Crew and Rosin were in heaven when they found this tractor. What little boy wouldn't be?!

It was a really fun day. The weather was perfect and I love spending time with my boys when I get the chance. It was also fun for me to watch the three cousins get to interact and make memories together.