Field Trip to a Milking Farm

Jaden is taking a break from all of the excitement

See the dog houses? Those are the calves. They are tied up on a short leash to keep them away from their mothers (otherwise, they would take the milk that belong to the humans, of course)!!!

The inside part where they milk the cows looks more like a sauna to me! I have never seen that much sweat on my girls' faces!

Can someone bring her a cool washcloth or fan?!?!?!

Grandma Leslie decided to take Jaden and Morgan with her to a milking farm. It was already scheduled as a boy scout field trip, so they let the girls tag along. It was supposed to be exciting and informational. Based on Grandma and the girls recollections of the trip, this is what they learned:

1. The baby calves stay tied up next to a dog house, equally spaced so that they can not come into contact with each other.

2. The baby calves must stay chained up, or they will find their mothers! That would be bad because then the humans wouldn't be able to get the milk from the baby calf's mother... Since the baby calf would drink it all!

3. To milk a cow you just hook metal things up to the cow's utters and the milk flows out (as opposed to pulling on the utters like old-school farmers).

4. It is very hot in the cow milking building- I guess cows don't need air conditioning, and the milkers are only in there long enough to hook up and un-hook the milking machine.

The girls were just happy to be with grandma, regardless of where they go or what they do.