First Field Trip!

Hannah was sooo excited to go to school today, it was her first school field trip! They went to the Christmas Tree Farm. The fun thing about this field trip is that this Christmas Tree Farm is also the Pumpkin Patch that we go to. So it was fun to get to have the Christmas Tree experience.

Hannah's class was again joined by the afternoon Kindergarten class, as well as one of the 1st grade classes. Because there was 3 classes going, there was only room for 2 parent helpers for each class on the bus. So the other parents who wanted to particpate in the field trip, followed behind the school bus...and what a following there was!

Because we live out of the school's zone, and I drive Hannah to school everyday, she's never ridden a school bus. So she was so excited to get to ride on the bus. She's in a blue sweater, in front of the little boy in the red. After a ride around the Pumpkin Patch and the Tree Farm on a tractor pulled flatbed, the kids sat and learned all about the Christmas Trees that are grown at the Farm, and the different parts of the tree, and their functions. Did you know that a pine tree doesn't start to produce pine cones until the tree is 7-8 years old?!? LOL. As part of the tour, the kids got to visit the animals of the farm and feed them. There were goats, chickens, ducks, pigs, and horses. There were kids and animals everywhere, I had trouble spotting Hannah and it was no wonder, she was off in the corner of the pen, standing on a bucket. When I went to her and asked her what she was doing, her response was "the ground is covered with goat poop and I don't want to step in it". LOL. I convinced her it was okay, mommy had thought ahead and she had her play shoes on! One of the cool things that Hannah always loves to do when we visit is play on the Hay Castle. It's about 6 bales of hay high that the kids can climb on. It's always such a big hit with the kids! At the end of our time at the Christmas Tree Farm, each student got their own little Christmas Tree seedling and a candy cane. The kids really were excited about getting their very own Christmas Tree!