First Grade Field Trip

Ellie had her first and only field trip this year today. They went out the the Howell Farms Dairy Days. I volunteered to be one of the moms for her class. There were about 4 different schools there, all first graders, and boy was it crazy. Each adult was assigned 3 kids to watch over, and a group to stay with. Each group would go from booth to booth and learn about farm, and dairy things. The kids learned about and had the opportunity to help sheer a sheep, feed a baby calf, pet a horse and its foal, and then we learned about tractors, and how to be safe while around big equipment. There was also a lady there who showed them how to make yarn out of the wool they had just sheered from the sheep outside. The kids were very impressed by this. We learned what foods different animals ate, we learned the difference between fruits and veggies, and we even got to plant a seed of our choice to bring home to our own gardens. (Ellie chose cucumbers, and Jake chose peas) Some of the things they were given were pencils, with hamburger erasers, pencils that said "Got Milk", Coloring pages with farm animals on them, ice cream sandwiches, cookies, and Gossner dairy milk of their choice ( plain, chocolate, strawberry, and root beer milk. I chose the root beer milk and was surprised to find that it tastes just like a root beer float). Anyway the kids all had a blast, and Jake even seemed like he enjoyed himself and did pretty good with blending in with the big kids. Ellie says it was her best field trip of the year, which is funny cause it was the only one of the year. But I am glad that she had a lot of fun.

This is a baby lamb he is attempting to let the kids hold. It was about 3 1/2 weeks old they said.This is our group learning how to make yarn out of wool. Notice how good Jake is being. :)Here the kids are petting the momma and baby horse. The girl on the left in the pink shirt and jeans, with pink streaks in her hair is about 2 months older than Ellie. Her name is Heaven, and she is such a sweet little girl. She makes Ellie look like such a baby when they are next to each other, I am not even sure if Ellie reaches her armpits. Pretty sad how short my girl is...Here are Ellie and Jake checking out the sweet little calf's. They each had their favorites which I have also posted, with reasons why it is their favorite. They are both convinced that if they ask their daddy, he will get them their very own calf. Lets just see how wrapped daddy is. hahaThis little calf is Jake's favorite, because it has a polka dot nose, and came right up to the cage when Jake walked over and said MOO, MOO, come hear little cow.And this little calf is Ellie's favorite, because it was just SO cute, and it had a white face like Brandi, with a few freckles on its nose, and it had red hair like Brandi, and when she gets her own cute cow just like that one, when her dad lets her have one, she will name it Brandi too. :)

And here my kids are filling their pots with soil so that they can plant their seeds.