The Scharnhorst Family: Ashley's first fieldrtrip

Yesterday Ashley went on her first field trip to Linder Farms a local pumpkin patch. Everyday for a week she would ask me if it was the day to go. I would tell her no we have to wait till Thursday. She is learning the days of the week in preschool so then we would go over the days so she could figure out how many more days till her field trip.

She woke up earlier then normal and got herself all ready to go. We had several things to do before it was time to meet her class at the farm. She was very cooperative but kept on getting more and more excited. It was finally time to head to the farm which was about a 15 to 20 minute drive from our house and she was just sure that I had no idea how to get there. She was insistent that Dad really should have come because he would have known better how to get there. I never know what she is going to say. She makes life very fun and interesting.

We finally made it to Linder Farms and the first thing that our group did was the Hay Maze. I was quite impressed with how she made it through so quickly.

Ashley liked it so much she went through it twice. Then we moved on to climbing on tires.

Next was on to one of her favorite activities.

She loved playing in the corn box. She tried burying herself and then had fun jumping into it.

Finally we were on to the main event, we boarded the hay ride which would take us out to the pumpkin patch. Ashley was a little nervous on the hay ride. She was afraid that we were going to tip over so I tried keeping her mind off it by talking about what we were seeing. I would point out pumpkins that we were driving past and she would get really excited when she would see ones that was really small or a baby pumpkin. She ask me if I knew where baby pumpkins come from and I said no where. She then went on to tell me that two big pumpkins make a baby pumpkin. I have no idea where she got that from. I really didn't know how to respond to it so thankfully we were at our destination. An employee greeted us and told the kids how to pick their pumpkins off of the vine. She also told them that they planted a seed with each one of their names on it and they needed to go find the pumpkin that was planted for them. Ashley had her bag and was on her the hunt.

We looked for along time before I realized that she was looking for the one with her name on it. I told her that her pumpkin was not going to have her name on it so I thought that it would be easier to find one now. I was wrong she changed her criteria to a big petty pumpkin. We passed several pumpkins that I thought met that requirement but I was wrong. She was the last one in her class to find a pumpkin. Once she finally picked one and we got it off the vine, she picked it up and it was dirty so she was putting it back.

I convinced her that we could wash it when we got home so we finally had our pumpkin. She placed it in her bag and was insistent that she needed to carry it. It was so cute watching her wobble along carrying a bag that almost hit the ground.

We really had a great time. She has been carrying her pumpkin around and has even made it a little bed in her room so it can sleep with her. She says that she wants to carve it but we will see because she didn't enjoy it so much the last time.

Later in the day I was able to go celebrate a late birthday with some great friends.