We milked us some cows and picked us some strawberries!

A couple of weeks ago Mum, Dad and our family went up to Wittacork Dairy Cottages in Maleny for a farm stay.  We've visited there a few years ago and last time we said "we definitely have to go back there!".  There are two cottages plus a farm house...and that's it!  So it's nice and quiet and there's no tears because they didn't get a turn at feeding.  We are so glad we went back.  With Ella and Sage being that little bit older they were able to enjoy it more and not be some afraid of the animals...it was Milla's turn for that!

Dad and Ella were quick to get out and explore.  Here they stand in front of the milking shed. 

Just something of the funny side...Farmer Anne (the farm stay is hosted by a couple, Anne and Rob) said that Ella was very 'flashy' and a little over dressed for the farm...Would Ella be any other way!?

 

  

Every afternoon we are able to watch the cows get milked and then feed the animals (and morning if we want to get up at 5.30am).  As we arrived early afternoon we were able to get straight into it.

They allow us to sit on one side of the milking area and we are literally eye level with the 'girls' bosoms! 

 

They give the kids a chance at milking....

 

  

And then they put these suckers (literally) on....

I know I'm asking for it...but I took this one for Adam...(here comes the jokes referring it to me!)
I can still hear "you don't have breasts you have mammary glands"..haha...still makes me laugh!

Mmmm...Fresh Milk

 

During the milking Anne would fill up these bottles so the kids could feed the calves.

The best we could do with Milla was get her to put her hand on the bottle!

 Even Ivy got a turn...

HAHAHA...look at that face....CRACKS ME UP, I tell ya!!

This is Farmer Rob's 'Gator' and he took the girls for a ride every afternoon.

He and his wife Anne are the nicest people. Michael and Dad would stay and chat with them for about an hour or two after the 'jobs' were done and the sun was starting to set.

 

We met this lovely family up there...The Cunninghams.  They had two daughters and then twin boys.  Ava (their eldest) got on really well with the girls. So much so, that she stayed with us for about 3 hours while the rest of their family went out.  How's that for trust!  She was a really sweet little girl.

 

 

Here are the twins, Alex and Jake with Milla.  They were the same age and so cute!!

Alex couldn't get enough of Sage. Every chance he got he would jump on her!  She's picking something up from the ground here and sure enough...Alex is on her!  So funny!

I was up early with Ivy one morning and I was lucky enough to watch the sun come up...so beautiful!

On the way home, we stopped to pick some strawberries at a farm.  It lasted a whole 5 minutes! We had to pay by the kilo and you can imagine the girls picking like crazy because they wanted to pick 'all the red ones'!  So it was a quick event but the girls still enjoyed themselves!

 

 

In case you didn't already know, here's how to pick a strawberry...

                               Step 1:  Pick the strawberry.               Step 2.  Examine the strawberry.

Step 3.  Say "I did it!" and put it in your bucket.

If all else fails...take a nap and have someone do it for you!

 

We had such a lovely weekend, it's always nice to getaway from the day to day run of things.

  Maleny is such a beautiful place.

It was really nice to spend some time with Mum and Dad aswell.