Zoo Field Trip

Willem's teacher this year is AMAZING!! She scheduled a field trip to the Zoo for twenty-four 3. 4 &5 year  olds and got them there by riding the city bus. My Mom had gone back to work by then and Ellie wasn't in school so I brought Ellie and Audrey along with us. It was a crazy day for me but the kids had a great time. The morning started out rough as we were running late because certain unnamed people were not listening and like a scene out of a movie arrived at school 5 minutes after the start time and his class had already left to walk to the bus stop. After trying to run through the campus to find his class with 2 walking children not walking very fast, we aborted and headed to the car. I had planned all along to drive Ellie and Audrey to the Zoo but Willem was crushed that he wasn't riding with his friends. The ride to the Zoo was not a peaceful one and we almost decided to just go home but I'm so glad we all stuck it out. Once we arrived and he saw his friends the world was right again. It ends up half the class didn't ride the bus anyways and instead rode with their parents.


Ellie was right with Willem the entire day. They saw amphibians and learned about the different classes of animals. The other parents really helped me a lot and I don't know if I'll attempt taking all three on a field trip again for awhile.

 
Ellie did the most walking of the 3.

 

Two of Willem's best friends: Valentina and Maddie

Ellie enjoying her picnic lunch