1st field trip

Oh little blog. You've been so neglected lately.

Alex and Emily, the imaginary siblings are still around. My recent favorite story about them was one evening before dinner Luke said, "Oh Mom, I'm so sorry but Alex lost his smiley face at school today." I asked what happened. "I'm so sorry but he had to move his bus to red." (Mrs. W's discipline system.) I responded something about that was too bad. Then Luke said, "But I only had to move my bus to yellow." Very smooth.

Yesterday was Luke's first ever field trip. Preschool did not do field trips. I can only imagine leaving the school with those special babies! Picture day was a big enough adventure for preschool. So I had no clue how Luke would do with his first bus ride and field trip. But Mrs. W had really prepared him. He knew what to expect.

Parents were not allowed on the bus but he reportedly sat in the very last seat and grinned the entire way.

We followed the buses and when we arrived at the farm we piled on a tractor for a ride out to the pumpkin patch.



Ready to see some farm stuff.



The pumpkins were small and few, due to the lack of rain. But according to Mr. G they were the best quality pumpkins he's ever grown.

Luke looking real natural with his chosen pumpkin. He's really into the posing lately.

Lamar leads the kids to find a pumpkin blossom. They learned about the phases of a pumpkin's life and were to search for examples of each. I was kind of shocked how educational the trip was.



Pumpkin picking is done. Back to the tractor.

We threw a few soft pumpkins to the cows for a treat. Luke kind of liked the cows, I think because his friends did, but was not overly interested. Guess he's no Temple Grandin.

Still riding.

Getting kind of silly riding.

Learning about the animals on the farm and following instructions to keep hands behind your back.

Playing at the corn and wheat troughs. When our guide explained that corn and wheat are in your favorite cereals Luke exclaimed, "EWWWWWW!" Nice.



Playing in the barn, where they learned that the products from a farm end up in grocery stores and restaurants.

Luke's turn running the register. He allowed his customer to have whatever amount of change they wanted. Perhaps retail is not a great career choice for him.

After a picnic lunch the kids sat in the grass for a game of Duck Duck Goose. Luke later told me this was his favorite part of the day.

And with 3 kindergarten classes playing, about 60 kids, Luke somehow managed to be among the first geese, chosen by a child from another class. He was pretty thrilled. When he selected his goose he smacked her head pretty hard. I waited for her to protest, but she just took off and caught him.

The trip wasn't perfect, but really good. Luke had one short emotional moment towards the end, but overall he was great. He's overly attached to a couple of friends, but that's the case every year and just something to work through. I'm proud and thankful. And after 3 hours with kindergartners I was exhausted. I don't know Mrs. W does it. I came home and went straight for the chocolate and diet coke.