South Mountain Creamery

by Sue on September 2, 2010


I feel in love with her at first sight. I named her Magnolia.

One of the most enjoyable trips I made this summer was to the South Mountain Creamery in Middletown, Maryland. The South Mountain creamery is a family owned, working dairy farm.

The kids and I had the opportunity to visit the creamery when we were visiting my sister and her family in DC one weekend. They get their milk, eggs, cheese, and ice cream delivered right to their doorstep from this “local” dairy.

Not only do they have a safe and healthy farm environment for the cows, but they also have a family friendly environment as well. They offer daily family experiences like milking time tours in their open milking parlor and calf feeding at no charge.

My sister told about the experience she and her family had when they visited and I told her I just had to take the kids the next time she wanted to make the trip. Not only was it a great experience for the children, it was a blast for the adults as well.

Talking with mommy/Aunt Susie about where milk comes from.

The kids got a hands-on experience  in learning where their milk they love so much came from. At this revelation, Misa became so excited about seeing the cows get milked that he started saying, “Thank you! Thank you for the ‘nummy’ milk cow!” He then looked at me with a curious sparkle in his eye and asked, “Where are all the chocolate cows?

Up close and personal with the baby dairy cows.

I love that the thought that chocolate milk comes from chocolate cows, was a painfully obvious conclusion once he saw the “regular cows” producing only white milk.

Not only did the dairy have calves, some only 2-3 weeks old, to feed, but they had a cow themed play area with diggers, slides and a jungle gym. Once the introductory hellos were said, this was all Misa could care about. He was in heaven…

Cow Playground! Woot!

Queen B on the other hand was in heaven with her new best friends, the adorable furry creatures she likes to call, “Mooooos!” She was in awe of the calves and would not take her eyes of them for a minute. Every movement they made she would smile and squeal with delight.

Queen B meeting Magnolia...

and falling in love...

one "Moo"...

at a time.

This day made my heart full.

"Hi Moo."

Feeding time

These days, the ones were the kids get to experience things for the first time, these are the days I remember the most.

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Catching Up

by Sue on September 2, 2010

As we all know  my plate has been awfully fill this past year with months of sicknesses, migration, conferences, vacations, therapy sessions, weddings; just to name a few. I decided that since I have been able to slowly get my head out of the sand and work towards a happier Sue, I have some lose ends I wanted to tie up here in the blogosphere.

Please, take the time and be patient with all my lose ends flying around in the air and read up on what has been happening in the land of Motherhood and Me over the past couple of months.

So grab a cup of coffee, get comfy and stay awhile with me, my thoughts and all that is Motherhood and Me.

As always, thank you for stopping by and giving me your take on life…

Catching up:

  1. South Mountain Creamery
  2. National Mom’s Night Out – RDU Style
  3. Kid’s Summer Stock with the NC Foodbank
  4. Migration
  5. California
  6. Martha’s Vineyard
  7. BlogHer 2010
  8. Nashville
  9. Therapy

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