Over the past few weeks, I was lucky enough to get to chaperone on both kids' school field trips to local apple orchards. These events were exciting for the kids because they were getting to go to the orchards with their friends AND they didn't have to wear their uniforms! I never knew being out of uniform would be such a big deal for a kindergartner or a preschooler, but they are beyond excited for those rare days every few weeks.
Sam had a fun time on his field trip picking his pumpkin, going on a hayride, feeding the animals in the petting zoo, drinking cider and playing in the GIANT playground that gave his mother a near heart attack as I tried to keep track of the group I was in charge of while they ran like wild animals amongst the hundreds of school kids from various area schools that were at the orchard that day.
Grace missed out on the petting zoo on her trip since her school day is shorter so her classmates had to get back for preschool carline before lunch. She still had a great time on her hayride, drinking cider, eating doughnuts (which, at that particular orchard, were guaranteed nut-free, so we bought a couple of packages to bring home...Sam was thrilled!), picking her pumpkin and playing on the playground (which was much less frantic for mama at this orchard!).
I was happy to eat up two vacation days to go on the fall fieldtrips...LOVE time at the orchard and LOVE getting experience these trips with my kids. I figure I better take advantage of it now when they're happy I'm chaperoning instead of embarrassed that I'm there!
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