Saturday, October 22, 2011

farm field trip

On Tuesday, Mary Reese's class had a field trip to Lyon Family Farm in Taft, TN.  I ♥ farm field trips and will be sad when I go on my last one.

We had never been to Lyon but as soon as I pulled in the parking lot...I knew it was going to be a fabulous day!

Mrs. Propst got her class together for a quick picture before we started our day...

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A precious class (minus Mary Bibb and Jayden who were out sick).

Mrs. Propst told them to make a funny, scary face and this is what we got...

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They are all so funny together.  She does a great job by creating a little family with her class.  They all get along so amazingly and treat each other with respect!

After learning the "rules" of the farm, we divided up into groups to explore the farm...

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We started at the petting zoo...

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with the piggies and the alpaca...

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We also saw chickens, cows, horses and donkies.  Mary Reese wasn't that into the petting zoo.  Can't say I blame her.  She was We were glad to move onto the School House Barn...

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...where we learned how Mr. Richard planted pumkin seeds and how they turned into pumpkins.  We also learned about all the different pumpkins and gourds he grows.

Finally it was our turn to load up...

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[Mary Reese, Abby & Mia Kate]

...for the hay ride to the pumpkin patch...

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Two of our buddies...Crawford & Bo


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We jumped out in the middle of the patch...

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...in search of our perfect pumpkin...

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...and with a little help from our friends...

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...we found them!

Once everyone found a pumpkin, we loaded back up for a ride back to the farm...

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Eliza, Mary Reese, Mia Kate & Kenzie

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Mary Reese and her mommy

When we got back to the farm, it was our turn to explore the corn maze...

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...and hopefully end up at the playground...

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We might have gotten turned around and ended up coming back out the entrance...I will never tell!

The kids had a ball playing on the farm themed play area.  They played in bins of corn...

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Isabella, Mary Reese & Mia Kate

They zoomed down a massive slide...

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And jumped on a huge pillow...

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Mary Reese opted to ride home with me.  We grabbed a picture with Mrs. Propst...

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...our pumpkins and a drink for the road...

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...and headed home.  A super fun day down on the farm with our class!

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