Dairy Breakfast

We had a great time this morning at the Watertown Dairy Breakfast, hosted by the dairy farmers of the area. Every year on Father's Day weekend, the local dairy farmers take turns hosting this huge event. We have been gone or busy on this weekend in previous years, but since we had wide open plans, we decided to go. We even purchased tickets ahead (and Ben and Anna were free!)

We decided to take the free shuttle bus rather than a) try to find the farm b) have to potentially park in a muddy field and c) spend money on gas. As it turned out, the farm was pretty easy to find, but the "parking lot" was pretty scary looking and the lane was small and shared with tour wagons and the shuttle bus. The shuttles were full-sized school buses and the kids had a ball! They were so excited to ride on a bus! Anna had never been on one and the boys don't remember their last ride, so it was a real treat. Anna couldn't stop smiling on the entire ride.

When we arrived, we got in line for the actual breakfast. It was an all-you-can-eat feast of pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, sliced cheeses, and ice cream. The kids thought it was pretty neat to have dessert after breakfast. We all ate our fill, then took a tour of the farm. There was a kid area set up complete with model trains, a petting zoo, and a fake cow to milk. Matthew enjoyed holding a bunny and Ben couldn't get enough of milking the cow. We then walked over to the milking parlor and watching them milking the cows. I didn't think I would ever tear the kids away...they were completely fascinated with the entire process. We then took a wagon tour of the three farms that made up the whole dairy farm. Ben looked like he was in his element and even said he'd like to be a farmer someday. The kids got to crawl up in the combines and I didn't think we'd ever get Ben out!

We walked through a cow barn and the kids enjoyed seeing the cows close up. I asked Anna what she thought of it and she said, "Ooooo....those cows are STINKY!"

The kids were dragging by the end of the visit and Matthew even fell asleep on the return shuttle bus. They have had such a big week that I'm not surprised they were wore out. Rob took them out this afternoon while I had a stamp event, but he kept it pretty low key. Thankfully we have a much simpler week ahead of us!

Oh, and I'm doing okay so far with the pain management. Please keep praying!