Leah's field trip - Crowe's Nest Farm

 Leah and her cute little kindergarten class got to ride the bus to the Crowe's Nest Farm last Friday for their first field trip. Cameron and I along with our good friends, Amanda and Brandon, decided to meet the group there to tour the farm. Even though it doesn't look like from any of the photos, Cameron had a good time hanging out with Leah and her friends and seeing all the animals. He just wasn't in the mood to smile. Leah paired up with her cute friend, Danica, who I have heard a lot about from Leah. She couldn't go any where without keeping track of Danica and seeing everything together.

Cameron was telling me about the big ugly bug in this picture and saying how yucky it was. Along with this bug, we saw tarantulas, snakes, lizards, and turtles  inside the barn and watched a video about how the farm got started and what they do there.

Cameron listened very well to the directions from the farm workers who said to keep their hands behind their backs while looking at the animals because you don't want to get your hands bitten off. He is normally a very hands-on boy so I was happy that he would follow the directions.

He also looked like he fit in with the kindergarten class with how tall he is now. He's not even four yet, so that will tell you something.

 This is where we sat and listened to Farmer Eric tell us about their dairy cow, Bella, and how the milk machine vacuums the milk from the cows' udders and stores it in a big container. I don't know why Cameron was frowning but he enjoyed the demonstration too.  Maybe he was a little jealous that Leah was paying attention to her friend.

 We got to see these longhorn cattle up close and we were told that the big bull was the daddy of all the calves born on the farm.

 This was a big highlight of the tour where we got to see the dairy cow, Bella, and her one-day-old calf.

 We also got to ride on a hay ride to see other animals in the fields including ostriches and bison. Another mom snapped a picture of us, and I was so glad to have a picture of us in our matching Shark shirts.

 Leah's favorite part of the farm was this section called Faerie Wood where they had little statues and displays of all kinds of fairies in the trees, in little villages. It seemed so magical to all the little girls from  her class.

 My only complaint of the field trip was that the group had to get back to the school by noon for other moms to pick up their kids, and I wished we could have stayed longer there. They had so many fun farm animals like pigs, chickens, goats, llamas, mules, and miniature ponies just to name a few. I think we might have to go back another day to spend more time there.