Field Trip and Fun

I have been meaning to post these for a while, but just haven't had the chance. So here we go. We went to Cook's dairy farm with Anna's school for a field trip. It was great and quite funny. We had a guided tour by one of the farmers. He was telling us and all 16 plus kids that they are one of like three dairy farms in Michigan that milk the cows and process the milk all at the same farm. He was telling us that they don't use hormones to stimulate milk production in the cows. That they impregnate the cows for natural milk production. He said that the cows calf once a year and that after about 5 -8 years the cows don't produce milk anymore so they take 'em to get "ground up" and they sell the meat at the farm... at that point the teacher leaned over to Ken and said "I haven't taught them that part yet!" Thankfully the "ground up" part went right over their little heads... we did however buy some of the meat and it was pretty good!

Anna wasn't too thrilled about touching the cows!

This is funny... part of the tour took us through the milking house. The farmer kept saying that the kids had to be very quiet because the cows just got finished being milked and were napping... he kept stressing that the kids had to be quiet so as not to wake the cows... well here is a picture of the milking house. The concrete walk way is only about 3 feet wide.

Come to find out, if the kids were loud, it would wake the cows, get them excited and they would all start pooping and peeing! There are little metal pokers that hang down above each cow because when they go to do their business, the arch their backs, shooting it outwards across the walkway. So the pokers keep them from arching their backs directing their #1 and #2 downwards! This was just about the scariest thing I have ever experienced. To make it worse, I had Emma-Grace strapped to the front of me and she was getting restless. To make matters even worse, one of the moms I was next to told me that she got caught in the cross fire of excited cows on a field trip when she was in elementary school and smelled like poop and pee for the rest of the day thereby scaring her for life! Thankfully, we made it through the gauntlet... I was however, ready to pick up the teacher (who is quite tiny) and use her as a shield for me and Emma- Grace if things got serious.

Pretty Baby!

I am sure only I think this picture is cute!

Anna doing her chores at Grammy's house... just like Cinderella!

Anna and Grampy

Dinosaurs at the Zoo!

We went to the zoo on Friday and they have a new dinosaur exhibit. It was really cool. The dinos move and growl. It was a little scary at first for Anna but we had fun with it and it ended up being OK!

Close Encounter! - This one is a meat eater

A plant eater with a silly long neck
Another meat eater that looks like a rooster with the red head!

Oh! here is a mommy Dino giving its baby a kiss as it takes a nap. Both have red lips. They must have eaten strawberries because those make your lips red...And here is another one! It has a boo boo and is taking a nap. It needs a band-aid!

And here is a big one right next to the one taking a nap. His lips are red. Again, he must have been eating strawberries!

Here is a video of the Dino taking a nap!

Proof we survived the Dinos.
Snack time... both ladies have their legs crossed!
As always, Emma-Grace was the the life of the party!
Fairy Princess Anna

Ballerina Emma-Grace

Yes, I am one of those moms, I dress them alike ALL the time!

Here is Anna working with Ken in the crawl space again... good thing she has her shoes on!

Daddy Toss and Anna Toss

Ken and Anna like to play "Toss Daddy" or "Toss Anna." Here they are taking turns playing it.

The Girls Update

Emma-Grace is a great eater, but she does not like that generic chicken/campbells cream-of-whatever/noodle/veggie casserole. I can't really blame her either! Here she is experiencing it for the first time!

We got our first delivery of asparagus from Nana and Papa... Emma-Grace liked it too! Anna eats it to, but I just tell her it is broccolli. It is just eaiser.

Hold on, you got something right here...

The Crayola sidewalk chalk is an awesome thing. It is waterproof, so Anna loves to paint her hands and feet and make "paw prints" on the driveway. Plus, it just washes off when (not "if" but "when") it gets all over everything!

Catching Up and Living on the Edge...

It has been a while since I posted, so here is a bunch of stuff!

Pile Up!!!

Anna sleeping... look where her Barbie is.

Gus's new sleeping spot... this is the norm now.

Cutie Pies!

Ths video was too funny not to post. Here is Anna (who doesn't know what her face is) wearing her "glasches".

Emma-Grace also copies us when we go "la-la-la-la" with our tounges. She is really advanced.

Emma-Grace is a mover! She loves this car and making the vrrrooom noise!