Our first field trip of the year!!

For our first trip we went some where we go often. The zoo! This time though I made a unit study out of it for the kids. I got a preschool kit from out local library that was zoo themed. Every day we did some book reading, singing, and games related to the zoo. On the day of the trip we had warthog waffles for breakfast, bird seed and monkey muffins for snack, and the big hit snail sandwiches for lunch. We started the zoo trip in the car with zoo print outs for the younger girls to do on the way. When we got there we went into the African village so the boys could stretch after the long car ride. Caleb loved dancing to the music they had coming out of loud speakers.The girls all climbed into this small hut.It was the first time I let the boys walk for most of the trip. They loved it!! Every animal they saw brought squeals of excitement. Walking did cause one small problem. Caleb I guess hasn't learned to look where he is going. He walked directly into a sign and was knocked flat on his back. It was an instant goose egg that was nice and purple. Today it doesn't look so bad though. The most loved activity of the day was for sure the feeding of the birds. Last time I didn't get to go in with the kids because the boys were to little. This time we all went in. Because it was a public school day and not very nice weather we had the entire place to our selves!! The birds loved us and we loved them. Well until they got close then the boys screamed.

The funniest moment for me was when Kellina got so excited for the dinosaur plant she found. Only my girl could find a dinosaur plant at the zoo.All in all we had an awesome first field trip even though at the end we walked to the car in a torrential down pour. Can't wait for our next outing!!