Farms

We were lucky to have a bunch of days off work last week and were able to spend time at Grandma and Grandpa's farm for 5 days. Although the weather wasn't all that summery, it was a perfect way to kick-off summer! My parents moved to the farm when Punky was about 9 months old. At first, I was sad that my kids wouldn't know where I grew up. However, I am so glad that they moved. I love that we have somewhere to go to spend time outdoors, get messy and have fun. I think it'll be so much fun to let Punky and Buddy lose on the farm when they are older and see what kinds of fun things their imaginations will come up with. Hopefully, they get into a little bit of trouble too. Okay probably not, but hopefully they get dirty at least.

After we arrived, Grandpa told Punky and Buddy he had arranged a "field trip" for later that afternoon. We all put on our rain boots and headed to the neighbor's farm to see the cows at milking time!

Someone fell into a mud puddle minutes after getting to the dairy farm.

It was pretty hard to get an actual photo of the milking process, but it was fun to see it all happen. Both kids asked to pet the cows. Buddy nearly walked right out of the barn into the muddy pasture in order to get a closer look. Good thing Daddy had a close eye on him! Buddy had no fear at all!



We also got to see the baby cows and Punky and Buddy got to help feed them. We found a baby kitten too that the kids were so happy to get to hold.







We went to the zoo on the nicest day of the weekend (post later this week).  The rest of the weekend was spent hanging out around the farm.



Punky helped plant the garden.

Buddy loves to play with this black horse that was Grandpa's toy when he was a little boy.

Buddy took his first ride on the 3-wheeler.



We flew kites.



We went in the "hot pool".



We threw rocks and sticks into the creek... for hours.



And when it rained, we watched movies and played games.  It was a great weekend with time for adventure outdoors, lazy afternoon indoors and making memories with family.