Down on the Farm

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This summer we were lucky to visit Malone, where Jen's mom's family lives, and got to introduce Charlie to Uncle David's dairy farm. They milk hundreds of cows each day and have fields, barns, and ducks to attend to. Mom was helping in the "nursery" to bottle-feed the calves. Charlie was quite intrigued by the size of this bottle!

"So you'll show me where the milk is? I need to refill my sippy cup."

Everybody on the farm has to earn their keep!

Cousin Aaron is the boss of the calf barn. He (and Charlie) supervised Mom while she struggled with the bottles. It's hard work!

I caught Charlie right before he took a sample of this guy's grain...

"Everybody fed here?"

Cousin Sam was gracious enough to give Charlie a tractor ride around the barns. What a guy!

It was special to spend time with Great Grandma Moore and Bob. Charlie was super happy to sample Grandma's homemade bread and delicious pancakes! Probably his only complaint would be that Mom and Dad stuck him in the laundry room to sleep, but he just could not handle being in the same room with his parents! The laundry room was the perfect solution...although when Uncle Jon went to get him up from his nap one afternoon, he noticed that there was an iron, an electric lint remover, a box of dryer sheets and a pair of scissors in his pack n play!! Apparently, the ironing board (where these items were sitting) was just within his reach. Thank goodness he wasn't hurt:)

"Whew, being a farmer is hard work. What's for dinner?"