Ian Goes to Farm!

Ian's school had a field trip to the Hays Dairy Farm this morning, and I accompanied him for the little excursion.

We reached school a little later than 8.30am and Ian even managed to grab a slice of sandwich before all the students set off.  As usual, Ian was a little cranky and so afraid that I would leave him there.  Perhaps it was partly because he had skipped school for the past few days due to a mild cough.

The coach ride was pretty enjoyable for Ian as he could enjoy the scenery along the way.  However, the journey was longer than I had expected.  Because the journey was rather long, I took out the raisin bun to see if Ian was feeling hungry.  He was, indeed, and finished a bun before we finally reached.

We were one of the firsts to reach the farm, but not long after we waited for other schoolmates, we saw students from other schools arriving.  It was lucky that we got to see the milking demonstration first.  The person from the farm explained to us the benefits of goat's milk (over cow's milk), that the meat from goat was called chevon and not mutton, etc.  Ian was only interested in seeing the goats for the first few minutes. After that, I was busy trying to prevent him from climbing on the gates and misbehaving amongst the crowd.

I was thankful when the lengthy demonstration was over and we moved to the back of the farm to see more goats.  It was a quick tour as Ian was busy running through the track.  The goats were too far away to arouse his interest.  We returned to the entrance of the farm within 5-10 minutes and bought a packet of Ribena drink for Ian.  After we finished the drink, the rest of the time was enduring the heat and chasing the little rascal around the waiting area.

I was thankful when our coach finally arrived!!!  We were the last group to leave and I was thankful to be on the way home!!!  Ian was so tired that he dozed off not long after the coach started to move.

During the long wait for the coach, I bought a few bottles ($10 for 5 and came with a 'cooler bag') of the chocolate-flavoured goat's milk, since it was supposed to be really good. The milk was supposed to be free of pesticides and preservatives, the goats were not injected with homones (so all these meant that the milk was organic?), easier to digest, suitable for sensitive skin, and also 'warm' to the body.  Goat's milk was alkaline as compared to cow's milk which was acidic, and benefits went on...

I didn't particularly like the strong "muttony" taste, but Hubby and Ian appeared to take well to the taste!  At least they did not waste my efforts to lug a huge diaper bag, a sleeping toddler, and a huge cooler bag home.

The field trip cost $13.50 for both of us and also came with a little bookmark and 200ml of chocolate milk for each guest.  It is pretty cheap indeed, but perhaps I would rather have gone with Hubby on a family trip (we did think of going there) to avoid the crowd, save on the long wait for the coach, and have a second helper to chase the little Energizer battery.