Field Trips

Life has been crazy the last month or so and overly crazy the last couple of weeks... so everyone hang on tight as I try to catch up on all my blogging. Although we did not get very many good pictures of either of our field trips, hopefully you will still get "the picture".  Thanks Julie for remembering your camera!  Our first trip took us to the wild and crazy Greenville zoo. Ok, so if you are not familiar with the Greenville zoo it is definitely not wild and crazy but it is the perfect size with good selection of animals for toddlers.

Our little monkeys checking out the monkeys 

Hello Joey, the only one we could get to look at the camera

Sweet girls checking out the UGLY snakes

The best part of the zoo is the amazing playground right outside. We finished our tour of the zoo with some play time and lunch. The following week we took another field trip to the Happy Cow Creamery.  We had been talking about farms and were excited to get the chance to see a working farm up close.  

Anna Grace, Chase, Lillian, Joey, and Titus

Behind the kiddo's are the "Happy Cows".  We boarded a tractor and took a tour of the farm learning all about grass. Yes you heard me right, 15 minutes on a tractor with squirmy toddlers hearing farmer Tom talk about grass.  It was very interesting and I really enjoyed it but was very much over the kiddo's heads as far as information.  It has been a good learning/teaching tool that we have come back to several times though.  Overall it is a very good educational tour.  After the tractor ride we were able to see the milking stables and learn how they milk the cows and how it goes to be bottled. 

Titus and Anna Grace on the Tractor

Chase and Joey on the tractor

It was a very fun morning and an excellent learning experiencing for all of us. As farmer Tom said "Happy Cows do not come from California", they are right here in South Carolina.