DeAnna Rose Field Trip

Today I was finally able to make it to one of Drew's field trips! Somehow every other field trip they have been on this year has conflicted with Allen's schedule - either the times didn't line up with Allen's school hours or he was out of school and the field trip was not conducive to having younger siblings there. So today I rushed from Muffins with Mom at Allen's school down the street to the DeAnna Rose Farmstead to meet Drew's class. It's a really neat place where the kids can get a small taste of what life is like in the rest of Kansas! They visited the cow barn and met all sorts of farm animals and even saw a demonstration of a cow being milked! They got to fee baby goats with bottles, feed ducks/geese/fish in the pond (luckily we didn't fish today...I hate having to take them off the hooks to put them back in the water!!), ride little tractors, and generally run around and play like kids should. It got really crowded with other field trips, but luckily we had to eat lunch early so they could get back to school before noon. (One of the Kindergarten classes at Drew's school is Half Day so they get out at 11:45 am each day. The other three classes are Full Day...thankfully!!) I then rushed back to pick Allen up from school, thankful all the way that it was so close and I could actually make it today!

Drew loved feeding the goats...until they jumped on him. Then he got a little snippy at them!

Baby Goat Chaos!!

Such a determined look on that face!

Drew's Awesome Class...I love these kids!

Muffins with Mom

Today was the annual Muffins with Mom at Allen's preschool.  He was so excited about this morning - he talked about it for days and then all morning. After we dropped Drew at school he said "NOW can we go have muffins?!" It is a sweet event and the kids do enjoy having their moms there for some special time. Allen was a bit confused though...there was only one type of muffin but multiple donuts and even cinnamon rolls. He said "We already had Donuts with Dad...this is supposed to be Muffins with Mom! Why aren't there more muffins?!" So he refused to eat anything but the muffin. Quite cute, actually. After we shared our breakfast, we went to his room where he presented me with my Mother's Day gifts - some coffee spoons he had dipped in chocolate and a beautiful, hand painted flower pot with a pretty purple flower. He was so proud to tell me about how he painted the pot, picked out the flower, put the dirt in all by himself and even watered it. He was really beside himself with pride! I loved it. No better present than something made by sweet, loving little hands!!

Our attempt at a self-portrait...

The only thing better than receiving this?

Is having it presented like this!!

Oh he was so proud of his flower!

Allen might be our photographer! He took a pretty good picture of me and my new flower!