Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

Owen’s first out-of-school class field trip was to a local nursery that has a pumpkin playground. I really wanted to go and help chaperone but I couldn’t take Katie on the bus, so we just met them there.

I actually went to the school first so I could follow the bus, so we got to visit Owen’s classroom for a few minutes. One of Owen’s classmates said to him “Owen, your sister is sooo cute!” and Owen said “Thank you!” 🙂 The classroom assistant said the two looked a lot alike and I said “Really? You think?” But then she said it was the eyes. 🙂

It was only about a 10-15 minute drive from the school. We parked while the busses unloaded so this was waiting for Owen.

Owen’s class (the assistant is on the left in the green tee and his teacher is on the right in the white tee):

Owen grabbed the hands of two of his classmates in his group and off they went!

Their first ride on an old-style merry-go-round. THEY LOVED IT.

A quick climb on a train…

And then off to another merry-go-round!

Time for a hayride! Well, a tractor ride—there was no hay.

He went right down this slide with no hesitation!

Katie wanted to go down the slide so I sent her up with Owen and instructions to help his sister (or go down with her), but of course it didn’t happen!

After I helped her up the slippery walk twice she could manage on her own!

I think these were her first horsey rides! It was great because they didn’t take coins—you just pressed the button!

You can see how dirty she was. It had rained A LOT the day before and everything was wet and muddy. I had thought about the ground being gross so Katie had boots and Owen had old tennis shoes…but I hadn’t thought about the climbing things being covered in muck…so they were both a mess.

We got to pick a small pumpkin on the way out!

She loves pumpkins and wanted another one!

Katie took a tumble right as we were leaving so she was really muddy. We got to the car and I literally stripped her down, changed her diaper, then put her in the car seat. 🙂