Morning at the Farm

Evan's class took a field trip to Flamig Farm and I went along as a "helper"! It's a good thing a few of us parents volunteered, because getting a group of forty 3 & 4 year olds to pay attention and not wander off to some other coop/cage/pen is a challenge!
I had such a great time. We went on a long hayride through the fields and woods. I think most of the adults and about half of the kids were falling asleep by the end of it, it was so relaxing.
Seeing all of the animals was lots of fun too. It was beautiful weather. And I got to watch Evan interact with his friends and teachers and saw that he is wonderfully well-behaved with his teachers and gets along really well with the other kids. I don't think he was just that way because I was there, but even if he was, I was really proud of him.
I didn't take a lot of pictures because I was herding children most of the time, but I did catch a few fun moments!

Checking out the pigs

The sheep

Evan was right in the sheep's face when the sheep let out a huge BLEEEEEET. I think Evan jumped back about 3 feet!

The alpacas and goats

Baby chicks! The farmer brought one of the chicks around so that each kid could pet it.

And the biggest bunny I've ever seen

More goats. Evan liked to touch their horns. Thank goodness the animals are used to little hands pawing at them...

Apparently it doesn't count as "climbing the fence" if you duck down below fence level

Evan REALLY wanted to check out this trolley but his group never got over to it, so we got to go see it while the other kids finished up with lunch

"Driving"

"Mommy, you sit back here"

"Cheese!"

Taking in a nice view of the farm

We stopped to see a few more animals again on the way back to join his class

Unfortunately the peacock didn't show his feathers. Such a unique and beautiful bird though...

And he's off

"All aboard!!"

Skipping on the trolley

And the big jump! A great way to end a fun morning at the farm!