Goat's Pride Dairy

With our public schools on strike, we've been trying to find ways to keep all of our children entertained and educated (and us moms sane!), so a group of us have been working together to find places that will give us educational tours. 

This time we went to Goat's Pride Dairy in Abbotsford, BC. I'd post their website, but I haven't been able to find one! It's in the northwest part of Abbotsford on Olund Road, nestled in the hills near the fraser river. We drove down tiny farming roads to find this gem.

Nothing is more exciting to me than food & farm related field trips because that's what I love, local people putting their heart and soul into making beautiful things, especially things that taste delicious!

This wasn't just fun for me, it was fun for Lady & Bug and their friends to visit a farm, see how animals live, practice milking a goat, and discover how the things we eat are made (Bug is a huge cheese fan).

This was a real working farm, not a tourist destination, so it wasn't set up for taking beautiful pictures of the process. We peeked through fogged windows as the cheese maker stirred a huge pot, saw the milking area (but it wasn't milking time), made a goat craft, and played with the goats - who were huge fans of all the attention. A lovely little tour for our crew

Best of all, we brought home some goat's milk to sample and some amazing cheese, which I happily munched on with my freshly made Pepper Jelly and a glass of wine!

Fun for all of us!

~Adel~

Going to the Zoo

This week's theme was the Zoo. We actually had a break in the rain and had a chance to head to the Zoo. Lady & Bug love to run their little hearts out and to see their favourite animals; the giraffe, the lion, the cheetah & the black panther (who they call black kitty).

Visiting Mr. Cheetah

We also did some play with Zoo Animals.

Stamping Zoo Animals

Lady is so careful about her stamps and Bug just wants to spread paint all over everything. Tells you a little about their personalities too! This activity was immediately followed by a bath.

Foam Zoo Animal Stickers

I found this great pack of Noah's Ark foam stickers at the dollar store the other day and Lady has been very intrigued by them, carefully picking out her animals and peeling the backs off the stickers. With a little help she made a little collage of her favourites.

We also looked at pictures of our safari in Africa and showed Lady & Bug where some of the animals really live. 

And not to be forgotten, this week has been full of singing Raffi's Going to the Zoo song...over and over and over...

This week was a good learning experience for them and we all had a great time being outside at the zoo, learning, and creating.

~Adel~