Teaching Moments

So yesterday we went on a field trip to a barn,

generally they have a theme each month at 

the preschool and then try to do a field trip in 

relation to it.  I love that they do this, it's one of 

the big perks about having Ava enrolled in preschool,

even though she only goes once a week,

she is always invited to attend the field trips.

A super fun hay ride!

I was a little conflicted on going to this one.  

First off it costs quite a bit of money, especially 

if I don't lie about Norah's age.  Apparently they 

charge for the child coming to the farm, the adult 

accompanying them and the little baby sibling that

is getting nearly nothing out of the experience.  

I feel like if they want to charge for Norah 

they ought to watch her for me while I'm there 

so I can enjoy the whole ordeal : )

 The kids got to go inside a milking room

 This next shot shows a glimpse into the horror that

struck their faces when the farmer told them what they

do to the male cows...

But the cost was only one of the factors that I had 

issue with.  The real issue was that my mother, whom 

bends over backwards for us on a daily basis, asked 

me for a favor.  She needed me to take & pick her up

 from a sedation dentist appointment at the 

same time as the field trip.

 They got to go down this slide and through a

hay maze : )

 This is my constant view of Norah, if I'm not

holding her.  Makes me smile.  : )

The girls running through the hay.

I thought this may be a good teaching moment for Ava

to choose helping Grandma over going on her field trip.

Well she completely agreed that she wanted to help 

Grandma and that that was super important but I 

couldn't exactly convince her she should forgo her 

field trip that she was so excited about.

(Grandma REALLY didn't want her to miss it either)

 The kids also got a lesson on how bees make honey

Well we ended up coming up with a good solution 

where we could do both so everyone was happy.

When we arrived at the farm Ava was so thrilled to 

be there but then suddenly stopped and said

 "Wait?? What about Grandma??  

How are we going to help her and go do this??"  

She was really worried.  She looked ready to turn 

around and leave right then and there.  

I explained to her that we had figured out a way 

that she could come and enjoy her 

farm trip AND help Grandma.  She was relieved. 

I was ecstatic that she GOT IT.  Lesson learned

and she got to go with her class on their fun 

adventure.  I call that a win-win for sure.  

I love that girl.