Kindergarten Picnic

The Horn kindergartners took a walking field trip to Kiwanis Park to celebrate the end of the school year.  I joined them for the walk and Grandma and Grandpa brought the boys over to join us.  The kids enjoyed picnic lunches, lots and lots of playtime, group pictures and popsicles.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Daddy and Eric went on a date to see The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Favorites by the Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia.  Their friends, John and Hayden went along too.  The boys had a great time although they may have gotten a little tired by the end of the show.  Eric's favorite part was when the demonstrated how everything worked at the end of the show.  Sylvia's kindergarten class also got to see the show during a field trip.  I tagged along as a volunteer.  It was a black light puppet show of Eric Carle's Little Cloud, The Mixed Up Chameleon and The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  You can check out the performance in the youtube video below.

Eric's Special Day

Eric had his first special day at preschool back in October.  He got to do the calendar activities with Mrs. Fink, be the line leader for the day, bring snack for the class, help with the Bible story and share about special toy from home.  His class also took a field trip on his special day.  They got to ride a city bus around town and through the bus wash before heading back to preschool.

Wilson's Orchard

We didn't made it out to Wilson's Orchard as a family this year, but I took the boys out for a picnic and joined Sylvia's kindergarten class on their field trip.

The tractor doesn't run during the week when we went out with the boys so we filled our time with lunch, lots of running and looking at pumpkins.  Not sure what these two are talking about here but I'm sure their devising some plan that was not on our itinerary.

Sylvia's class also did lots of running.  The kindergartners all had such a good time on their first elementary school field trip.  They read apple books, did a taste test of many of the orchard's apples, drank apple juice and rode the tractor.

Happy to have her mama along on the field trip.

Ready for a tractor ride with her friend Pritika.

Someone got a little tired out on her field trip.

Ms. Jensen's kindergarten class.

Woodpecker Trail

Sylvia's preschool class took an end of year field trip back to Woodpecker Trail.  Eric was thrilled that he is now 3 and could ride on the bus with his big sister while mommy was driving!

Riding on the bus with their friend Samantha.

I had my hands full keeping Eric on the trail during the hike so I  didn't get a lot of pictures.

Sylvia enjoyed getting a little wet from the waves splashing at the outlet.

Enjoying snack in the shelter.

This boy was so happy to get a chance to sit in the driver seat and honk the horn! 

Fire Station Field Trip

Sylvia's preschool class learned about community helpers a few weeks ago which included a trip to the fire station.  I drove the school bus again and got to tag along on with the preschoolers.  The fire station is always such a wonderful field trip and the fire fighters do such a great job with the kids.  Sylvia wore her fire chief rain coat and was especially excited to meet a girl fire fighter.

HyVee Field Trip

Sylvia's preschool class took a field trip to HyVee.  They were learning about food and preparing for their Thanksgiving Feast.  They got samples of apple, pizza, cheese & meat, cookies and hot cocoa while they were there.  Touching the lobster was a highlight as well as watching a cake be decorate and a flower arrangement made.  I drove the bus and got to tag along on the field trip.

Fall Woodpecker Trail

Sylvia's preschool class took their first field trip of the year.  I got to drive a bus full of preschoolers out to Woodpecker Trail.  The kids enjoyed hiking out by the lake and taking in God's beautiful creation.  It was a chilly morning but they all had a good time.  I even took the boys along for the hike.