NO THANK YOU!

So, today, I had the opportunity to take my class on a slight mini field trip. A parent of one of my students had recently purchased a milking cow and wanted to show the class where milk came from, and then let them church the milk into butter. "WOW- WHAT FUN!" was my first thought, and after that my thought was "Of course! These kids need to learn that stuff just doesn't come from the grocery store!" So I was all for this. We loaded on the bus this morning, got to the family farm, and the dad got the cow all situated, placed the bucket underneath, and away he went to tugging and pulling. Ok....BLECH! I really really thought I was a tough, farm girl, but I found out differently today! GAG! The dad did it with such ease, and the other family members were all into what they were doing. My students enjoyed it very much. I kept turning my head and my teaching partner finally said "Brittany, this is no different than what you did with Jaylee and what you will do in a few months!" And I know she was right, but there still something that just didn't set right with watching that whole process. Then, later this afternoon, after letting the milk sit and giving time for the cream to rise to the top.....they came back to my classroom with their Grandmother's churn, dated over 100 years old. Of course I've made whipping cream before that ended up to the consistency of butter, but truly milking a cow and doing the whole churning process-- um NO THANK YOU! The parents gave all 22 kids a turn to churn the milk....and all the while they sang a tune "Come butter, come butter, come butter, Come!" The process was over in about 20 minutes, and of course, they had butter. The parents whipped out the crackers, spread that butter on them, and the kids gobbled them up. Thank God for my Dr. Appt and me getting to leave early. I was glad to miss out on the chance to taste that. Of course I've known my entire life where milk comes from-- but I think I'll just stick with the plastic jug in the refrigerator section and continue to pay an arm and a leg every time for it!!