From The Little Farmer: I'm One Proud Mom!

Proud Mom Moment #1,738 - My baby boy made his very first AGvocate video!

Sorry... I may have forgotten to mention the first 1,737 proud mom moments, but sometimes those moments just warrant a hug, a kiss and a big ole high five!

When we were driving home for lunch yesterday, I kept hearing him record himself on his LeapPad and playing back some obnoxious sentence over. and over. and over again. I mentioned that maybe he could use the record button to make a movie about something, like maybe the dairy.

He was so excited! I told him he needed to pick one thing to make a movie about and that one thing was, "The Whooollee Dairy!" So, after a few suggestions, he narrowed it down to - "The Soakers". 

Be sure to turn up your volume!

Even after his first technological set-back (the batteries in his LeapPad died the minute he was showing me how to record with it), and his little brother coming to the rescue, ("Make a movie on your phone, Mom!"), he was back in the saddle and ready to roll!

Great job, Little Man! I love you and am So proud of you!

Friday Trivia - How much water do cows drink?

The boys are making small talk with the ladies over the water cooler this morning.

Do you know how much water one cow will drink in one day? Post your answer on our Life on a Real California dairy farm Facebook page!

The elusive 64 ounces...

For some reason, I have always found it difficult to drink "enough" water each day. Over and over I've been reminded that I should be drinking 8 - 8 oz. glasses per day, at a minimum. Does not seem like a difficult challenge... I have a kitchen sink that dispenses perfectly good water from the well right outside the window. Pour it through a Brita and store it in the fridge and I don't even need ice.

But, for some reason, those 64 oz. seem to elude me time and time again. So, I tried to pin-point my exact "issue" with water. Hhmmm... well, what am I drinking in its place? Coffee, Milk, tea, an occasional Diet Pepsi, and of course there's the occasional adult beverage :) ... I could probably drink the 64 oz. a day in coffee if given a good excuse. Thoughts of the impending caffeine withdrawals and detox are definitely enough to prevent me from doing so.

So what is it? I've finally come to the conclusion that water is... well, it's just Boring. I gave Crystal Light a whirl for a while, but even got tired of that. I have realized, by some strange coincidence, that I can suck down a cup of water in no time - When and Only When there is a Straw in my cup. Go figure. The straw does nothing for the flavor of the water, and I do not find the water any more "exciting", but for some reason, it just works.

Now that the weather is warming up (or at least that's what Phil says) we'll be spending more time outside playing and less time curled up with a blanket and a hot cup of coffee. I figure now is a good time for me to come up with a plan to attack those elusive 64 oz.! Today, I decided that I'd go with the straw thing and see how it works out. I rinsed the cup that once held iced tea from my favorite local drink stop, threw in some ice... and as I was sliding the freezer drawer shut, my eye caught on a bag of strawberries! I recently purchased some huge fresh strawberries that I brought home, rinsed, stemmed and froze in a zip-lock bag. I figured I've got nothing to lose... grabbed a giant berry, plopped it into my cup and filled it to the brim with water.

Humph! Who would have thought?! I'm on to my second "Venti" water for the day! I'm already looking forward to summer fruit season... I think I just may have found the answer I've been looking for!