Field trip!

As an end of the year outing, the preschool takes a trip to a local farm.  This year, I was able to go along as a chaperone. 🙂  We boarded the bus in the morning and headed beyond the city limits.  The great thing about the farm we visited was that we were the only group there.  Once we all de-bussed, the kids split into two groups – one went on the “trolley” ride behind the tractor first, the other went to look at the animals.  Then they switched.  The farm even had a huge fenced in play are for the kids to explore.  After the complete tour, everyone ate lunch and then we loaded onto the bus for the return trip home.

I think Nolan enjoyed himself.  He wasn’t too keen on trying to feed the animals by himself, but he did let me hold my hand under his so that the goats could eat the alfalfa pellets.  Not surprisingly, he liked the cats the best – probably because those were the animals he was most familiar with.  The trolley ride was a big hit with him too because we got to see the farm’s “pirate ship” that is open for play during the fall.  We may have to make a return trip later in the year…