We Heart DeJong's!

Last week my sweet friend Leslie, invited Bennett and I to join her preschool group on a field trip to our local dairy (they were doing a unit on where your food comes from). We have been to the dairy a number of times to buy milk of course and some times we get out and look at the petting zoo they have but this was our first time getting a really good look around and it was fabulous! I got to talk with lovely mama's and Bennett got to wear boots and run around and feed cows! ha ha! All were happy!

Who taught this kid to stand with his hands behind his back like that?!
Haven't seen that in a long time! 

Bennett got real brave and wanted to feed the mommy cows.

After the mommy cows we headed down further to the baby cows - all the kids LOVED the baby cows!
One baby cow even gave Bennett a big lick/kiss before quickly slurping down a bottle! Bennett is still talking about how the baby cow licked his shirt!

More cow kisses! 

Bennett told me later that cows eat grass but elephants still eat noodles! :) 

My sweet boy spent a lot of time talking with this one lonely calf. 

(Not mine of course, but so precious!)

After spending a good deal of time outside we headed inside to see how the milk gets from the cow to the bottles. It was basically an episode of Mr. Rogers and I was in heaven! (I still love the episodes where they went to the crayon factory and the cheese factory ... makes my heart smile) 

And then we went and feed the animals in the petting zoo and we even got to feed ourselves a bit too! (with a good hand washing in between those two activities of course!)

NOTHING better than DeJong's Chocolate milk! 

Thanks so much for inviting us Leslie, we had a great time!
If you have never been to DeJong's you MUST go! (It's in Wildomar off of Corydon) Their milk is fabulous and their chocolate milk will change your whole world! :)