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I thought we were going to the apple orchard

This morning I woke up ready for a beautiful, fall day in Minnesota. I was also ready to take a trip with JG's pre-school class to the apple orchard. I had been looking forward to this because I had big plans for making apple crisp tonight from the apples that I picked up on our visit. I could already taste and smell the finished product.

We all loaded onto the bus at 9:00 a.m., there were 47 4 and 5 year olds all packed in and ready to roll. The bus left the school parking lot and took a left rather than the expected right.

I turned to the mother seated by me and asked, "What apple orchard are we going to in this direction?"

She looked at me puzzled and said, "We're not going to an apple orchard."

"Where are we going then?" I asked.

"The farm." she replied to which JG yelled, "But, mom you said we were going to the apple orchard, I don't want to go to the farm."

Guess I need to pay more attention to the little flyers that come home. My apple crisp dreams were dashed.

Needless to say, we had fun at the farm. JG got to pet a cow, pig and sheep. I thanked God that I do not have to get water out of a pump or shuck corn.

Here is little man and the pigs.




Comments

DeAnn said…
47 kids in one bus?!?!? You are a brave woman! Okay, so no apple crisp but you got a great picture of the pig. Can't wait to read more of your blogs. You are now officially a blogger!

DeAnn
carey said…
I hear ya sister. the other day i had the kids all bundled up to go down for the first round of high school football play-offs in montrose, when the neighbors drive by. i say "going to the game?" the said "uh, yeah. it started an hour ago..in a town about 2 hours away."

both boys were crushed. i suck.
Susan said…
Carey - Thanks for the laugh. We just have tooooo much information in our heads to actually process every teeny tiny bit. Hopefully we won't have to spend too much in therapy for the kids later in life.
Chris said…
Welcome to the wonderful world of blogging! It is really getting to be even more fun with more of us doing it!! Can't wait to read more.