Boyd Orchard Field Trip

This past Wednesday, Jacob's 1st grade class took a trip to Boyd Orchard  (in Versailles, KY -- and yes, you should pronounce that "ver-SAILS" because we ARE in Kentucky, after all...)

 Jeremiah & I got to go along... (Daddy was working, of course, but remember last year when Rich & I both got to go?  Might have been the one single solitary benefit of working  midnights/weekends!). 

Besides being FRIGID, it was a very pretty day.  But I have to admit, keeping up with Jeremiah made it very hard to get good pictures.  :)  But here are a few anyway...

At the petting zoo, Jacob fed the goats...

And the whatever-this-animal-is... a turkey maybe?

Jeremiah played in the sand...

 

...while Jacob went on the BIG slide!

(Look for him at the top of the slide, on the left... and notice the 

"absolutely no adults" sign at the bottom...not fair, if you ask me!)

pumpkin goodness

Jacob had his first school field trip on Oct 17th, which was also his Bliss-day! (Jacob's been with us for 4 years -- can you believe that?!?!?) Anyway, both Rich & I got to go along (because it was a Wednesday) and left Jeremiah home with a sitter. I think it meant a lot to Jacob that we were there, and that we were able to give him our full attention. He's a great big brother, but we can tell he misses the individual attention. :)

The field trip was to Boyd's Orchard, and it was pretty much a blast. Except for the rain. And the chaos of a gajillion kindergarteners. And the stench of the petting zoo. But really it was a blast. Really. I guess.

Each kid (and gorwn-up too) got to pick a pumpkin from the patch, which was nice and muddy:

There was also a HUGE slide, which Jacob went down about 82 times. He only got yelled at a few times for going too soon. :) There was also a tire jungle-gym... The 2nd picture is Jacob and his friend Rohan. (I think they sit at the same desk/table.) Anyway, this is one of my favorites from the trip because it shows what a good friend Rohan must be, and it was the first real reassurance that Jacob really is making friends, and that he is not a social outcast! (Even if he is the tiny-est kid in the class.) :) No worries, right?

Later that night, Auntie Jen arrived for a couple days' worth of visiting. While she was here, we put our field trip pumpkins to good use:

The 1st one is the one I made. The 2nd one is the one that Jen made -- you can't really see them, but there are stars all around it that are only half-carved out (like the eyes). Very cool.

The last one is Jacob's... He picked out the design (from BHG.com -- yes, we are total nerds, and we like it that way), but I carved it. I think this one is my favorite because of how the bats overlap the moon, though it's really hard to say. I love the squiggly mouth on mine, and I love the half-carved stuff on Jen's. (And the eyebrows!)

So that was October. And just to be fair, here's the best October picture of Jeremiah (who is also a pumpkin):