apple orchard field trip

 this week, the kiddos at preschool had their first field trip.  to tj's apple orchard.  (benjo's second time there).  here's my picture of grace getting off the bus for her first time...

gotta work on my pictures a bit..

miss joanna appleseed was there to tell the kids all about picking apples, making cider & such.  she told a great story about her wonderful brother johnny giving a lady his old worn coat when she was cold. 

my little gal by my side. 

daddio got to go too & spent the time with ben & his class, so i didn't get many pics of them.

tasting the cider.

it's amazing to me how all the kiddos can behave so well & pay attention!  (but i did hear someone pulled the fire alarm when they got back to school - wasn't mine, thank goodness!

field trip take 2

today was the rescheduled field trip to tj's apple orchard for ben's preschool class. what a wet & rainy day we had! ben & his classmates getting on the bus. the bus worked.



fortunately, most of the field trip was inside, where the kiddos learned about how they pick & sort the apples and make cider. johnny appleseed's sister taught the kiddos all about apples today. she asked them why she might carry a big stick with her & ben piped up "to hit at doggies you see when you go for a walk." i do that..(sometimes i carry a big stick to ward off the neighbor's german shepard at the end of block that has already bitten neighbor john)

i was so impressed with all the kiddos today; they were so well behaved! here is ben & his friend listening to joanna appleseed.

our short jaunt in the rain to check out some apple trees. poor ben really wanted to pick some apples from a real tree, we will have to do that soon.

ben's first field trip

what a big day for ben... his first field trip! to an apple orchard. he really wanted daddio to go, but said i could come with him. siblings aren't allowed to go, so miss gracie was off at karen's playing, having her own field trip/playdate. she had a blast over there. thanks karen!
here he is waiting in line to get on the bus. look at all those cuties!

climbing up the bus, oh boy! the bus was going to be one of our highlights, as we've been watching the heck out of the magic shcoolbus around here.

the bus was the highlight of the trip, as after the kiddos were all seated, the driver started it up & the engine made a funny noise. so off go the kiddos. the driver was unable to fix it that day, so they had to reschedule for next week.

momma melissa suggested we take the kiddos to a different local orchard after school just to look around. this orchard used to rock. there were animals, a corn maze, apple cider slushies, all sorts of goodness. not so much anymore. but the kids still had fun. & got apples..



hope everyone has a funtastic week!