Dairy Days

Last year soon after we moved to Baltimore we heard about South Mountain Creamery's Spring Festival and had a great time. so this year we watched for it and were not disappointed. Even the weather turned out better than predicted. We loved seeing all the baby animals- this chicks and ducklings hatched earlier that day.  

 These hatched out the day before we got there and were enjoying the warm light.

 After a very good tour of the dairy, the kids were happy to go play in the rocks and on the playground. We did miss seeing the cow giving birth but got to see the sweet calf learn to stand up. She was still trying to figure out nursing when we left.

 I think T's favorite part of the day was feeding the calf. You really had to hold on our he would have gotten the bottle. i wish I'd gotten pics before the feeding time when T was almost kissing the cow. he was so excited. super cute!

 Ok- the bottle feeding was the favorite before the ice cream- they had a kiddie size so we got six different kinds. very yummy! great end to a great day!