First Field Trip of the year!!! :) Flowing Hills Creamery

We had the most amazing time today!!! :)  We went on our first field trip for the new year!!!  :)  We are really blessed this year to be very involved in some very awesome homeschool groups :)  Today's field trip was with our CFE group to the Flowing Hills Creamery! :)

I just had to share about our day :)  I will NEVER forget it :)

Aunt Catherine rode along with us and really helped Noah and I have a great time! :)  the top right is her holding up Noah to look in at the processing and bottling room before the tour began :)

We got to see cows being milked and learn all about how the entire process works from milking to storing to pasteurizing to the bottle.   

After they talked to them about it all and they were able to look through the windows and watch it all they had a video they played to reinforce what they heard before the tour and what they saw in the tour.  Then they got to learn about how to make whipped cream and butter :)

I was so so proud of Noah for doing such a great job in a new situation.  He listened so well and was very curious about it all, and even talked to the lady teaching them!  I almost cried!  The lady called Noah her little helper! ;)

They then got a little free time and then got to go on a hayride to see the horses and cows.  This was so huge for Noah.  There was not much room on the hayride so only a few parents could ride and so Noah freaked at the idea of getting on without me.  One of the ladies in the group he really loves so I asked him if he would go on with Mrs. Bryn and he agreed!!  He looked so nervous and a little sad when they left so this mama worried sick about how he was doing and that he would fall off but he came back lit up like a Christmas tree telling me all about all he saw and how wonderful it was!! :)  

Then we all had our picnic and visited and the kids explored a bit!! :)  We all got to have a Chocolate Milk with our lunch and taste milk that was NON homogenized and fresh fresh!! YUMM

I did not drink all of my Chocolate Milk so that I could bring it home and share with the rest of the family to have a taste :)  and I bought a small container of the fresh butter and a small container or the heavy cream! :)  My plan is for us to make a small amount of whipped cream and a small amount of our own butter here at home! :)  The lady leading the tour told us a couple of ways to do the butter.  I thought that it would be a great follow up to the field trip! :)  We won't be able to make much but just enough to say we did it :)  and I can't wait to taste the butter we make with their fresh cream and compare it to the taste of the butter they made us there! :)  

I am sooo blessed to spend such wonderful time with Noah watching him learn and explore! :)  I LOVE homeschooling! :)