Today, we took Sadie to Billings Farm, which is an historical farm and museum in Woodstock, VT. It was beautiful and much nicer than we expected.
Lately, Sadie has been really interested in farms, farm animals, farm animal noises, and the song she refers to as "Old Donald", as in the frequently heard command, "Mommy, sing Old Donald!", so we thought she might like to visit a farm. All three of us really enjoyed seeing the animals, the exhibits and touring the 1890 house, restored with furniture, gas lighting, working kitchen, etc. as it was when the farm manager lived there.
Sadie loved seeing the baaa-baaas.
She liked the chickens, especially the dispenser of hand sanitizer for after you leave the chicken barn. Here, she is running back to the chicken barn for more.
Not only is Billings Farm a museum, it is also a working dairy farm. We saw the milking barn and the nursery for the new calves. There was a baby cow that had just been born overnight. The big cows made Sadie a little nervous, but she liked the calves a lot.
They sell some of their milk to Cabot Dairy for cheesemaking, etc. and also use it to make products for their dairy bar. Sadie and Mommy shared vanilla ice cream.
We had a great time. We'll go back again for sure.
4 comments:
Hm, Camp Billings was across the road from the summer camp I went to in Fairlee - I wonder if they're related. I was always jealous of them since they were coed and we were girls only :(
It looks you all had a nice family outing. I better brush up on all the verses of "Old Donald."
Gosh, that sounds like an awesome place to spend a day! Especially if they also sell ice cream :)
How beautiful in every way! We love you, grandma and grandpa
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