July 6, 2014: Putting the MOOOO in Mooberry!

Today it was overcast and raining but we decided that this west coast weather was not going to get in the way of a good time. The kids decided to go to Mooberry Farm. We had been here before so upon our arrival the kids knew where to go to get there own scavenge hunt brochures from the sign at the front gate. Isaac wasted no time in going to the first stop even before I read the clue. He used the hole punch to mark his sheet and off we went to find all of the animals. Along the way we found rabbits, baby cows and momma cows, pigs, horses, goats, donkeys and sheep. Everett plugged his nose for most of the day but he managed to keep his breakfast down despite his dislike for the farm smells. The pigs put on a great show running circles around the pig pen then crashing into each other. Makenna liked petting the baby cows but did not like when they tried to lick her with their rather large tongues. The boys enjoyed climbing on the tractors, petting the donkeys and brushing the sheep. All of the kids got a chance to bottle feed a lamb and boy could she drink. One full bottle took about four minutes. The real highlight of the day was milking time for the cows. First we watched the girl in the milking stalls, working with the machinery to milk eight cows at a time. What a procedure! Those cows loved to be milked and they loved the feed even more. Some of the cows even started pushing and shoving in the stalls to get a nibble of their neighbors feed. We watched as the girl milked two rounds of cows and then she asked if we wanted to milk a cow, by hand. Isaac quickly volunteered and jumped down into the milking area right away. The girl shows him how to do it and he got right to work. He was a natural. Everett gave it a try and Makenna even reached in a gave the cow a squeeze. My city kids did very well at being farm kids, for a day.