Natalie's Field Trip

Today, Natalie's class headed to Pumpkin Works. I could have not gone because it's only recommended for parents of 2 year olds, but I wanted to see the kids Natalie talks about and see how she interacted with them. With me being there, I don't think I get a true sense of how she gets along with the other kids. She tended to either hang out with the much younger children or the taller (maybe older too) children. She had fun, but wanted to sit by me on the hayride, but did play with others on the playground.

Her trip was a little different because the teacher opted for their class to only do the hayride to pick a pumpkin and then get to play on the small straw playground. That seemed to be much better as the kids weren't constantly told not to touch this or that and just got to have fun because let's be honest, preschoolers could really care less about the history of Pumpkin Works ;)

Petunia, the talking pumpkin. Natalie thought that was neat because Auntie Amanda's dog's name is Petunia!

Each kid and adult could choose a pumpkin. This is the first one Natalie picked...a tiny, unripe, green pumpkin :)  As soon as the lady cut it from the vine, Natalie of course didn't want it. I made her keep it anyway and let her pick my pumpkin. She chose the 2nd one because it was more similar to her friends' pumpkins because it was orange. I personally like her first one better because who else would have picked the tiny green one?!

This is an example of a 'deer kiss.' Since deer are unable to bite a pumpkin, they kick it with their hooves to get to the fleshy part. When a deer either gives up or gets spooked, they leave it and then the pumpkin continues to grow and scar over.

Lots of leaves have fallen since last week!

I am very blessed to have a usually super flexible job that allows me to have the best of both worlds: working and stay-at-home mom!