Showing posts with label Memorial Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Memorial Day. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Dairy Farm Fieldtrip

I took the kids and my nieces and nephews to the dairy farm Uncle Quinn operates.  This time of year they have a lot of calves so Wendy and I hauled them up to Deweyville to help feed them.  Two of the babies were still on bottles and the kids loved holding such a big bottle.  I think they were surprised at how the calves acted {like puppies with too big of bodies}.  The rest of the calves drank milk from pans and a little bit of hay.  Quinn and Chet were so accommodating.  I love to hang out up there.  Chet also gave us a taste of the cheese he makes.  All of the kids LOVED it.  Then, we looked at the machines that milk the cows and how it is filtered and stored in a big tank.  There was a little kitten who followed us around the farm and the kids held onto it as much as it allowed.  It was really hard not to bring it home.

Sunday, June 05, 2011

Memorial Day

We were all so happy for a day off. It turns out, there are a few of us who aren't fans of alarm clocks going off at 4:30 a.m. Other than the rainy weather, it was a great day to be home. Noah is a child prodigy replacing the garbage sack. He even knows how to shake it open. Jake made us yummy German Pancakes and bacon for breakfast. Then, we got to play the whole rest of the day. Abbi makes a pretty beautiful Batman and Jack looks great in his "rainbow Batman belt."