365: Day 154- Drumlin Farm

Since I worked on Sunday I decided to take today off to hang with the fam. It was a gorgeous day so we planned to visit Drumlin Farm. Unfortunately S&Z woke up early this morning - 5:19am to be exact. They were pretty tired by 9:30 so we parked them in front of "Dinosaur Train" to relax while we got ready and packed a picnic lunch.

When we got to Lincoln it was shaping up to be a gorgeous June day. It's so nice this year to not have to use strollers for outings like this.

First we stopped at the Crossroads Barn, which was under construction the last time we visited. Because it's springtime on the farm there were lots of baby animals to see; the lambs in particular were soooo cute!

We have never seen the fields where the farm grows vegetables for the CSA, so we made a detour to check that out.

Then it was time to see more animals! I used the front view camera to get a picture of S&Z saying hi to the fisher cat.

Zoe also stopped to say hi to a hen before we went into the chicken coop.

They were giving hay rides today so we took a load off for a quick tour of the grounds.

Everyone was getting tired by this point, but it wouldn't be a trip to the farm without seeing the pigs and cows.

We had a picnic lunch and then headed back to Boston.

We can't wait to visit again soon!

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