Kindergarten Field trip

Last week The kinder class at CC. Mason Elementary took off for Sweet Berry Farms only an hour and a half away from their school.   You would think be the excitement from the 6 year old's they were leaving the country.  All students had to ride the bus there and then fun and activities all day.  Lucky us the PTO picked up all the cost for the students and parents and siblings were invited to go as well.  Mikey was so happy to go hand out with his sister and see all her friends.  John, Mikey, and I all loaded up in the car bright and early as we did not want to miss anything.   We ended up getting to the farm 20 min early  (this might be a first for the Tichi family....early).   We decided to just go play with the baby goats running around till they got there.  When we entered the farm we saw little cups of goat food for 25 cents and bought a few so our boy could feed the goats.  At first Mikey and goats were shy of each other and only one or two would come up.  He loved petting them and now wants a baby goat for our house (we already have too many animals).  Well the more acquainted the little goats got with Mikey the pushier they became.  Soon several goat were fighting for Mikeys food and attention and as luck would have it Mikey was on the receiving end of a head butt.  Yep....one of the goats raised up and went to butt the other but the defending goat moved and Mikey had a head butt planted right square in his chest causing him to fall onto the ground rather hard.  Mikey freaked out and I had a hard time not laughing.   Mikey cried for only a min until he realized he was fine and not hurt in the least.  He went back to feeding the goats but this time with a little more respects for them.  

The buses finally pulled in and tons of little kids with stars in there eyes came off the buses.  All the teachers lined there classes up and we fell in line with Toni's class.   They all had a picnic lunch out at the tables and then off to the strawberry patches we went.  They learned about good bugs and bad bugs first and then they all got there very own ladybug to go release on a strawberry plant. (Ladybugs eat aphids and aphids are the main destroyer of straw berries).  All the Kinder kids were happy to release the bug but Mikey....not so much.  He was in tears because he wanted to take the bug home.  Daddy talked him down and then finally he let his bug go.  Next all of the kids got to pick a basket full of straw berries to take home.  They loved picking there own food.  After all the picking everyone headed to the strawberry guns...it was air powered straw berry flinging messy fun.  Each class was given a banner and all the kids took turns shooting straw berries at it until it was very colorful....the teachers took it with them to hang it up in the classroom.  If was sweet watching all the kids explore the farm and learn about fruits and veggies.  They planed there own pumpkin seeds and played games until the day came to an end.  Parents were allowed to sign them out there or pick them up at school at the regular time.  We asked Toni what she wanted to do and of course she opted to ride the bus home with her class.  It was a fun day and I am so glad the whole family had the day to spend together.  Toni loves her teacher and her class...she is the biggest help with all the other kids...and Mikey.