Does having chilren mean you are constantly being reminded of how quickly time flies by? Pason is already at the end of his first year of school. He had his end of the year concert. He got to play the rhythm sticks for his class song. They were also presented with their kindergarten completion certificates. He has done so well an we are so proud of him!
So too many people were saying that Eli's hair was long enough for a pony tail and I had to give in and give him his first haircut. I hated doing it before his first birthday because now he looks too grown up, but it was a bit out of control. Isn't he handsome? Oh and the purple stains in the after picture are thanks to his first lollipop which kept him occupied during the haircut!
Hopefully with a little rain and a little sunshine we will be enjoying tomatoes, potatoes, corn, peas, and beans this fall. Pason also wanted to plant "really tall sunflowers that you can eat the seeds", so there are a few of those in there too! My strawberries are looking good and with our new rhubarb plant I see jam and pie in the future! Yum!
On Monday I went with Pason's kindergarten class on their field trip to ZooMontana. We got off the bus with our umbrellas out. I was thinking it was going to be a long, wet day. After about 10 minutes the rain stopped and we set off to see some animals. Our first stop was the bear. I have had nightmares about bears my entire life, and it just so happened that I had one of my "bearmares" the night before. Luckily the bear was at the back of the enclosure so we didn't get to close. Darn! We then saw a wolverine, red pandas, a sleeping tiger, bald eagles, sika deer, ducks, geese, river otters ,and bighorn sheep. Then it was lunch time. The peacocks were the highlight of lunch as they would come up right under your feet and eat any crumbs they could find. After lunch it was time to go to the barn where we saw horses, rabbits, goats, and chickens. Lets see... we can go to Pootsie's house and see horses and lambs, Witt's have got the chickens covered, and we have rabbits that like to hang out in our yard from time to time...so no big deal there. Net we went inside and saw several snakes (YUCK!), Spiders (double YUCK!), turtles, some huge coakroaches (Gagging!), and lizards. We also saw pygmie marmacets, a couple mink, and a chinchilla. After all that it was time for the kids to run around on the playground before loading up and getting on the bus, just as the rain began to fall again! It was fun to be able to spend a day with Pason and his class.
Pason and the Peacock
Too bad the zoo doesn't have a real elephant!
Pason and his best bud Bailey.
Pason's teacher tore her Achilles tendon playing basketball, but she was a trooper and made it on the zoo trip. Way to go Miss Griffith!
