Milkshakes and Goat Licks

Saturday was a glorious North Carolina spring day, so we decided to take advantage of it and go on an adventure.  We headed down to a little town about 30 minutes south of Durham called Pittsboro.  We headed to the Main Street.  At the end of their Main street is a courthouse that was burned down last year and is being rebuilt.  Evan thought that was very interesting and had to ask us questions about it for the rest of the day.  

Our first stop was a little toy store on that street. After perusing the store, playing at the train table, and buying a little treat, we headed down the street to an old-fashioned soda shop.  Everything in the shop was original and carefully restored, so it was a fun place.  Our little family pigged out on floats, milkshakes, burgers, hot dogs, and fries, and it was all delicious.  The boys had a bout 3 mini-milkshakes a piece before we realized that they might get sick if they had more and we cut them off.  It was so much fun!

(Evan and I wait for our food and play with his toy from the toy store.)

(Yum!)

(Evan enjoys his milkshake.)

(Ben samples his with a little help.)

After that we got back in the car and drove about 15 minutes outside of Pittsboro to Celebrity Dairy.  This was a goat dairy, and twice a year they have an open barn day so that people can come and meet their baby goats.  At first, we showed up and walked to the barns.  Evan happens to be very averse to stinky smells so he had his hand over his nose the whole time and wanted to leave.  I thought the excursion might have been for nothing.  Then we headed outside and wandered around a bit.  Evan didn't seem to notice a smell out here and actually began paying attention to the goats that Ben had been infatuated with from the moment he got there.  Ben would go right up to the pens of the pregnant mommy goats and try to feed them some grass and flowers.  When they started licking his hand he immediately tried to lick them back which we decided wasn't a very good idea. 

Then, we noticed that there were some baby goats just wandering around outside of their pens.  You could just walk up to them and pet them.  Ben was immediately enthralled and started chasing the baby goats around who happened to be much faster than him.  It was great to watch.  Then, one of the people who worked at the farm gave Evan a milk bottle.  We found a baby goat, and Evan got to feed her some milk.  It was great!  They boys did a little more playing and climbing with the goats and I got to sample a little goat cheese and take it home for our pizza that night. Yum!

It was a great day with the family.  I love my boys and can't wait to spend more time with them!

(Ben gets ticked by a goat as he feeds him some grass.)

(Maaaaa...goats)

(Ben and I meet a one-month old goat named Bianca Jagger.)

(Evan tries his skill at goat feeding.)

(Two mountain goats)

(Goats were having fun too!)