Letters to Sweet Caroline: First Field Trip!

Thursday, October 18, 2012

First Field Trip!

October 18, 2012

Caroline!

Today was a big day! Today was your very first Field Trip!

I am very happy to say that Daddy and I were able to join you on your First Field Trip along with Mimi and Papa. I have to tell you that I have been beyond pleased with First Place Academy Preschool. They just go above and beyond in all areas especially for the enrichment portion of the units that you are working on and learning. Your class made special Halloween Shirts to wear on your field trip and they were truly adorable!

Cute Halloween Class Shirt!

FPA took the 3 year old classes to The Wild Things Farm and it was a Wonderful Day!

First we dropped you off at school just like any other morning. You had Short Circle Time to start the day off. Daddy and I along with Mimi and Papa waited outside until your class headed to your classroom as not to disrupt you.

Once we arrived at your classroom you were so happy to see all of us! I loved getting to see you in your classroom with all of your little classmates and thankfully you were behavingJ We were given our instructions as to how the day would proceed and then we all loaded up and caravanned out the The Wild Things Farm!

Once we arrived at the Farm we grouped up with your class and headed out on our Hayride. It was great because each class was on their own hayride, they spaced them out so that every stop we made we were the only class there! We stopped off to see and pet a little miniature horse named Butterscotch and see all of the other little horses in the pasture />

l The little Ponies was beautiful!

Then our hayride took us to the BIG mulch Slide! The night before you were telling me all about this slide and how excited you were to go see it!
Well this slide was a tad frightening. It was a Slide that is on a Giant Mulch hill. Eric took you up the Hill and then sent you down on a potato sack. You did NOT like this slide at all. Once you reach the bottom the tears began to flow.

Scary Slide Ride!

However, you wanted me to go down the slide with you for your second turn and that was fun!

We conquered the slide together!

I completely see why you did not like it! Slide was wide, very high, and we were all over it!

After the slide rides we all got back on the hayride and we continued on around the Farm to the the Slingshot corn game, Giant Hay Scarecrow and the Corn maze! You all got a turn to shot a corncob into a bucket. Your turn didn’t go so well and the sling shot whack you in the head leaving a big scratch/cut place!

Slingshot attack!

Poor thing I was feeling so bad for you…bad slide experience and a sling shot accident. After recovering from that we headed over to checkout the Hay Scarecrow! You all loved climbing around on the scarecrow and we were able to get a few photos of your class.

Mrs. Theresa Class!!!

Then we headed into the Corn Maze and we walked all through it! This was fun and you had a good time!

After the Scarecrow and Corn Maze we loaded back up for last part of our Hayride over to the Pumpkin Patch! You and your classmates all gathered up and got to watch a couple of pumpkins be thrown by this giant contraption thing. This was interesting to say the least. Then you all got to go out to the pumpkin patch and pick out a pumpkin to take home!

You all were so cute out there looking for just the right one! Then we loaded the pumpkins up into the pumpkin wagon.

After the Pumpkin selection we headed over to the Pig Racing Game!

A Jolly Farmer Man told you all how to play the game and race the pigs by turning their tales!

Racing Pigs is Fun!

It was pretty funny to watch! Then the Jolly Farmer Man took you all over to the goats. There was a really neat goat bridge way up in the sky and a Goat right on top! We watch the goat take a snack from the conveyor belt snack thing way up in the sky and you all got to feed the goats popcorn.

Then we headed over to milk the cow! You all got a turn at milking the wooden cow!

This was loads of fun and you all were very excited to milk the cow!

After the Cow milking we went and washed up at the outdoor sinks and headed to the pavilion for snack! Pumpkin cookies and bottled water were the perfect snack for a Perfectly Fun day out at The Wild Things Farm!