Fire station field trip

This morning I got to go with Maddie's class on a field trip to the fire station. It was a lot of fun! The firefighters were so good with the kids. They put all their gear on including the oxygen masks and then would crawl through the kids and give them five and make them laugh so the kids know not to be afraid of the firemen even though they sound like Darth Vader. They taught the kids a ton and showed them so many cool things! I'm glad I got to go, it was fun riding with Maddie on the bus and sharing this experience with her.
Maddie's class before we left-

Maddie and her friends on the bus-



The kids giving fives and touching all the gear-

Nature Walk

I got to volunteer to go with Maddie's Kindergarten class on a nature walk today. It was so fun to see her interact with the kids in her class. They all wanted to hold her hand and I could always hear one of the kids yelling out "Maddie wait!" I was glad to see her behaving herself and to see that she is enjoying her friends and teacher!

The teacher did a great job with the walk. The kids made a list of things they thought they might see before they went. They looked for all those things, found shape in everything, and she pointed out every street sign and address along the way. You could tell the kids were just eating it up!

Yesterday was the first day I let her walk to school by herself. She was very excited. The truth is that if I stand on my back deck I can see her walk the whole way except for about the last 10 feet to the front door. So she gets to be big and walk by herself and I still get to be protective mom and watch her the whole way.

So Maddie is just loving every minute of Kindergarten and I am so glad!

Maddie's Field Trip to the farm

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Yesterday Maddie's preschool took a field trip to American Western Heritage Center. It's an old fashioned farm. The kids got to hold and touch many of the baby animals and learn a lot about them. Garen tagged along of course, and he enjoyed chasing the chickens! It was a bit rainy and cold during the field trip, but it really warmed up later.

I had a bunch of kids playing in my backyard. They were having a great time doing tricks down the slide. Garen learned how to go down head first and we had a few kids fall of the top! Does anyone want to send their kids over to play at my place? :) Don't worry no one got hurt to badly.-