The Beginning of Teta & Judo's Visit

Recently, Teta & Judo (Abe's parents) arrived to stay with us for several weeks.  This was partially because they haven't seen Izzy since she was born and because we needed so "built-in-babysitters" this next month due to our work schedules.  Sine their arrival, Izzy has had nonstop attention which she loves.  Here is just a couple of pictures of our adventures since they arrived.

We decided to spend this past weekend out side since it has been in the 80s.  After that it drops down to colder weather so we might not be as active outside.  Izzy & I took Teta & Judo to Drumlin Farm as she really enjoyed our last visit.  She recognized the tractor right away and waved each time it drove by.

Our first stop was the chicken coop.  This time that noisy rooster was not around and Izzy had a ball with the chickens.  We even tried to leave twice but ended up back there after she realized we were walking away from the coop.  At one end they have a set-up for children to learn about the different size & types of eggs.  At one end the wooden eggs could be weighed and dumped into their respective bins.  Izzy enjoyed collecting the eggs as they fell into the bins with Judo helping.

 Izzy likes to help mommy with cleaning on the weekends especially sweeping.  We were also lucky to nab a couple of snow suits for Izzy at the local 2nd hand children's store.  Here Izzy is modeling her "flight suit" as Abe calls it.

The Barkoudah's are a group of September babies.  Teta's birthday was this past Tuesday while Judo & mine are tomorrow, so we decided to celebrate all 3 of them today with a wonderful ice cream cake from JP licks.  Are you salivating mom?

Drumlin Farm

One of the things that's been on my list to do up here with Izzy is visit Drumlin Farm & Wildlife Sanctuary.  But I wanted to wait until she was a bit older to enjoy all the animals.  This is a live working farm run by the Audubon Society.  They strive to show how one can have sustainable agricultural practices as well as creating awareness for the land and wildlife.  We were only able to visit a substantially small part today.  There were many other areas that we didn't even explore.  I can see how one can spend hours just walking around the many trails.  At the end, you can purchase the products from this farm.  In fact, I'm enjoying one of their carrots right now while I type this post.  One of the more interesting things I wanted to purchase but didn't because of the lack of a cooler was ground goat meat.  I would like to try that some time.

A view of the "Farm Yard"

Taking a break to enjoy playing on the old tractor.

Mommy & Izzy in front of the Red Barn.  Inside we got to see a cow and her calf.  Izzy wanted nothing to do with touching them but couldn't stop staring.  She even wore her farm shirt for the occasion.

Just a few of the many farm animals we were able to see today.  The best was the Poultry House.  You could visit the chickens both outside and inside.  One particular pen held a very loud rooster who liked to "cock-a-doodle-do".  Izzy wasn't too trilled by his loud squawking but didn't let a cry out.  I think she didn't quite know what to do with them.  Some of the pens held more exotic breeds.  I felt like I was back at the 4-H fair grounds!

This whole time I've always wandered what Drumlin meant.  Was it the name of the original farmer?  No.  It is a teardrop shaped hill formed from glacial debris.  This hill sits right in the middle of the farm with many trails around and through it.  The majority of the farm land lays around the hill.  Just a fun filled fact.