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Ok so we did not technically
make the maple syrup but we did head out to
Drumlin Farm this weekend and partake in their sugaring event, complete with a pancake breakfast! It was a lot of fun and Oliver loves going to the farm and a big bonus was that we got to see newborn lambs and a mama goat had her baby kids while we were there.
click through to see the rest of our farm adventure.
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the giant evaporator turning sap into maple syrup, the air smelled so sweet!
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Drumlin Farm is a part of Mass Audubon so they do some great programming.
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watching intently (note his very own vermont maple syrup truck that came along on the farm!)
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wood for the fire to run the evaporator.
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although he looks skeptical, Oliver ate almost
all of his pancake (bear shaped, of course)
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pancakes!
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after our tummies were full we headed back out to the farm to visit all of the animals.
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puddle splashing...limited to the little ones, not the small ponds that lined parts of the path.
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chicken coop, still wish we had a yard for our own.
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it was a beautiful, blue bird sky kind of day.
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baby, baby lambs! Oliver was
obsessed.
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the little black lamb was climbing on top of his mama. pretty cute.
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a new little lamb.
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so sweet.
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inside the main barn.
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moooooo cows.
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a beautiful, fun filled day at the farm.