I had my last field trip to the pumpkin patch with this little kindergartner and her little BFF O. At least they were my charges for the morning. They got off the bus so excited for the day until they saw all the fun playground-esque excitement that they (I mean Cheeks - actually I'm going to start calling her Chewkie if it's all the same to you) weren't getting to do. Oh Chewkie.
She was not excited for the ride on the tractor trailer to learn about what fruits and vegetables are grown at the farm.
Nor was she all that thrilled about seeing the sheep and goats or learning about the life cycle of a pumpkin.
The pig and duck races may have been slightly entertaining, because who wouldn't be interested in watching pigs run and ducks waddle around a course. Actually the ducks were pretty funny, but mostly due to their utter lassez-faire attitude about the whole event. One duck even jumped the fence while the others milled about not realizing that small children were cheering for them. The pigs on the other hand were definitely in it to win it.
And she may have been moderately interested in finding the perfect pumpkin. But the unpictured slide area with high slides and low slides and a gigantic mound of tires was definitely her favorite place and she sad to leave.
Especially since it meant having to take a picture in front of a silly frog hay bale (I have ones of her smiling but I like this one the best)
But even though her trip to the pumpkin patch didn't allow her to roam free and take in whatever sights her little heart desired when she desired them, and even though she didn't get ice cream on the ride home (because she was riding back to the school for an assembly instead), she still indulged me with one last picture with little BFF O. Thanks for being my sweet kindergartner baby Chewkie.
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