The Trip to the Farm...

Or The Kids Can Act Like Themselves...

As you know, this past Friday, Cassi's first grade class took their field trip. They tripped to the Lake County Metroparks. For those of you not from the Cleveland Area, Lake County is the county directly EAST of downtown Cleveland and Cuyahoga County. We went to a place called, Lake Farm Park. If you're ever in the area, I do suggest making a trip to visit.

It is an actual working farm. You can see about the farm at:

http://www.lakemetroparks.com/select-park/farmpark.shtml

The place is REALLY cool. With Cassi's group, we

1. Listened to the story of Henny Penny and the kids learned about making flour and corn meal. They even ground some of the seeds of each to see how much flour they would make, which is not much.
2. Got to learn how to milk a cow and why it is so important to have cows. Of course, my daughter decided to ask my a cow has udders. That's like asking, why do women have BOOBS! The kids didn't like the feel of the cow's udders at all.
3. Then, they learned about the different types of sheep. They got to pet the sheep and saw a momma pig who was ready to pop any day.
4. They watched a sheep get sheared. Because of the nervousness of the sheep, all the kids had to be absolutely quiet, which was difficult for them. It was a little cold under this tent. The day was a little cool and breezy. Just so happened it got cold for the kids here.
5. We then went up the hill (and got some heat). The kids planted potatoes here. And, of course, it was potty time.
6. Had lunch
7. Got to visit with the Budweiser Clydesdales that were in town for a horse festival that weekend.
8. Got to see pigs, sheep, a cow, chickens, lamas, and alpacas.

Some funny stories:

At the end of the trip, the two little girls in my group were petting a cow. All of a sudden, someone shouts, "Back up!" So, I started shouting too because I see said cow lifting it's tail. You should all know what it's about to do. Plop plop! The girls got a free souveneir for being so close. And, the one girl is worse than Cassi when it comes to being clean. We thought she was going to faint. She said, "Boy does it stink." I told her, "You're lucky it's a cool day. Just wait until it gets hot. Then, it will REALLY stink!"

After lunch, we went to see the clydesdales. There were two of them left at the farm as the others were out in a parade before the weekend's festivities. Anyway, we got to the first one. As the kids were shouting at the horse, he turned around with his rump in their faces. The kids walked away. But, I was able to get him to turn around to let me get a picture. It was like he was saying, "Kiss my a##!" The other mom's agreed.

On the way home, all of the kids in Cassi's class slept on the bus. I even fell asleep on the way out of Cleveland toward home. One child decided he was falling asleep on the teacher's hand. She was able to move his head from her hand to her knee. Of course, Cassi slept too.

Before we even got back to school, "Mom, can I go to someone's house and play. I'm bored." We really need to work on this because she had a friend come over for a few hours. We then took her home Friday night and stayed until almost 11pm. On the way home, "Can someone come over and play with me. I'm bored." Does she not realize she's been up since 7am and going ever since?

But, she did sleep like a rock.

Love to all,
Cathy
8^ )