Jenny's first field trip

Today marked a milestone in Jenny's life and thanks to the Kenton County Education Association and the wonderful people at the Kenton County Board of Education, I was able to experience it.

Jenny's first field trip.

Kinman Farms, located in Burlington, KY and the beautiful weather today made for a pretty good experience. (Nothing like Sunrock, Aunt Karen and Aunt Dottie, but pretty good). There, Jenny learned about a few things that they grow on the farm - spaghetti squash, swan and snake gourds, corn and of course pumpkins. We met a very enthusiastic puppet crow and Farmer Aaron and did the Kinman Farm Dance. Though Jenny was a bit overwhelmed by the crowd, she eased into the day fairly well and had a good time.

Petting zoo - where Jenny met Angel Cakes, the bunny; Charlie, the pony; and a 14 year old burro along with a Mama Sow and her little Piglets, a dromedary and a very fancy rooster, who for some reason didn't want anything to do with my little two year old. There were ducks and sheeps and llamas and wallabyes and so on - the typical things you'd find on a farm - and Jenny got to pet them.

Into the Wagons! The hayride was a little tough for her at first. She got scared when Farmer Aaron helped her into the wagon, but settled in once we started pointing out the things along the path: a giant hay bale pumpkin and the giant spotted hay bale spider, along with a number of silly board cartoons who waved to us.

Time to play - When we arrived at the shelter, Jenny was again a little overwhelmed by the sheer number of kids going to the playsets all at once. She tried her hand at the slides and got a little upset over having to share with the older boys. We pulled over at a picnic table and had some fruit snacks. Jenny felt a bit better.

Corn Maze? When given the choice to go into the corn maze with everyone else or to stay behind and have the playset almost all to herself, my little girl decided that corn mazes were not her thing today. She got the baby swing for several long minutes and was the happiest she'd been all day. Oh well - I guess you can't plan on what will make your little girl happy. All you can do is just go with it and hope that the other little kid's mom will understand and go for the slide.

Snack and pick your pumpkin - Jenny went through several pumpkins before settling on the exact one she wanted to take home to Daddy. My pumpkin, she had picked out in less than a minute. "Here, Mommy." Miss Judi got into it too - showing Jenny all about the insides of pumpkins and gourds and helping Jenny make her final selection.

Wagons Home! We hopped back on the hay wagons, parked ourselves on the straw bales and headed back to the main buildings. On our way out, Jenny and I visited the animals again and bought two mini pumpkins because Jenny said they were "so cute."

Back to the car, buckled in and then home, where Jenny and I both took naps after our first field trip.

What a great day!