Happy Fall!! Oh wait, or is it Winter?!? I know, we took a month hiatus...again! So there's just a few things to catch up on. I started substitute teaching, which is a story all on its own, we took Haliaka on a worldwind trip to New York City for Thanksgiving, and Lillie went on her first school field trip. I thought I would post pictures of the most important event...Lillie's field trip, of course! (NYC trip will come later).

On November 4th, Lillie's class, along with the other 2 kindergarten classes went on a field trip to Green Street Gardens. I don't think Lillie had a clue how much fun she would have. After an exciting bus ride, we arrived at Green Street Gardens and the 3 classes were split into 5 groups. Our group's first activity of the day was planting a pansy to take home.

So concentrated, don't you think?!?
After Lillie's group finished planting their pansy, off we went on a hayride around the farm. What I didn't expect was that it was a "haunted" hayride. It was the middle of the day, so how haunted could it really be? But they tried.

Lillie and two of her classmates, Maniya and Jeremiah.

Scary, huh!

Once our hayride was done, we had a few minutes to wait while another group finished their activity, so we took a picture of the trapped prisoner.

I realize kids love slides, but this slide had a twist. They called it the "Underground Slide" and the kids LOVED it! As you can see, it was this big piece of hard plastic tubing. The part in the picture is exposed, but the other two thirds of it is buried under a hill of dirt and landscaping. The kids thought it was the funnest thing, especially when they discovered that if they made a little "Ahhhhh" sound as they slid, the ridges in the tubing would make for an melodious ride.

Following the underground slide, one of the guides took us in to a teepee where they read us stories about farming, animals, and teepees. The kids especially loved that their seats were bales of hay.

After storytelling, it was time for the kids to pick a pumpkin to take home. Outside of the teepee were scattered all these tiny pumpkins. They were so cute! And the kids enjoyed picking one of their very own. In fact, up until a few days ago, we still had one in our house. Lillie didn't want to part with her find.

The perfect pumpkin...found!

All over the farm, were free standing wood planks with paintings and holes for faces. We couldn't resist this one. Lillie called it her "Pioneer picture"

Here's Lillie and some of her friends. SO cute, and SOO funny! Then it was play time. There was the play tractor and slide.

The mini hay maze.

Then the large corn maze.

And we can't forget the one thing the ALL the kids LOVED...the sandbox...I mean the CORNbox!!

That's right, a big 'old box filled with corn kernals.

Yes, you guessed it, corn got into EVERYTHING! Of course, Ms. Clean played for a bit, but the corn kept getting into her shoes. And after the third or fourth time cleaning it out, she found other things to play on.

Like the tractor.

In the end, found more things to take pictures of. Meet Mummy Lillie

And Skeleton Girl

And the Ghostly Girl

So much fun!!