The field trip to Wheeler Farm is something that my boys anticipate all year long at preschool. I always go with the boys when they are in their "senior year" of preschool :) I got to go with
Lincoln last year, and
Palmer the year before that. Hunter was so excited that it was his turn. The bus ride to the farm is always on a chartered bus and it is such a highlight for the kids. They play farm songs all of the way there and the kids practice them the whole month before so they know them well. I had some of them stuck in my head for the entire day.
We went first to the "lightening tree" to get some pictures. It is the coolest tree! Hunter was DYING to climb it, and to be honest so was I :) We need a good climbing tree like that.
Hunter's class.
I love all of the pioneer stuff that is all over the farm. I just kept thinking the whole time we were there about how far life has come, how hard it would have been to live back then as well as how simple and wonderful it would have been to live back then.
While we were waiting for our tour of the farm we played red light green light. I got out A LOT. Apparently I need to work on my stealth. Hunter is a champ at it however. I am amazed at his patience. Most kids just want to run, but Hunter bides his time, slowly taking a few steps every time. Is there a career is red light green light?
On our tour they passed around a little container of cream that were were going to shake into butter. I never saw what happened to it at the end, but I remember having it and I don't remember passing it off to anyone. I think I might have left it on our wagon ride...whoops! Don't tell Hunter his mom bombed the cream making experience!
I can't believe how big this house was for the time they lived here. It would have been a mansion! It is way bigger than a lot of houses now (especially our little town house!)
The kids learned about milking cows (I want to bring my boys back to do this, it is only 50 cents and I think it would be a cool experience. I milked a goat on a date to the Utah State fair in high school. Made me who I am today :) They also learned about the blacksmith, which was pretty neat.
I learned a lot too! Did you know that the black and white cows are called "Holstein cows?" They are the cows that give us our milk. The brown cows are called "Jersey" cows and they give mostly cream. Who knew? Now you do ;)
The bunnies are always a favorite. I however am allergic to bunnies. It is sad really. In 5th grade some little kid brought one to my class for us all to see, my eyes puffed up so badly I couldn't even see. Random huh?
The kids were very interested in the sheep and lambs eating.
Mostly because this little lamb wiggled into the feeding pen so he as standing on top of the hay while all the others ate.
The kids all got something that looked like wheat grains to feed the ducks.
Hunter's FAVORITE part of the day was lunch time. I had taken him to pick out his lunch and he was in heaven with this Lunchable. This field trip I was prepared. In the past, my kids have been so excited about eating their own lunch that they didn't really care about any of the other stuff we were seeing. They would ask me when lunch was every few minutes. This time I brought little treats I would sneak to Hunter any time he wanted to go eat his lunch so he was pretty happy to see all of the stuff. Much better.
It was fun to be with Hunter one on one. We both had a great time at the farm!
The field trip to Wheeler Farm is something that my boys anticipate all year long at preschool. I always go with the boys when they are in their "senior year" of preschool :) I got to go with Lincoln last year, and Palmer the year before that. Hunter was so excited that it was his turn. The bus ride to the farm is always on a chartered bus and it is such a highlight for the kids. They play farm songs all of the way there and the kids practice them the whole month before so they know them well. I had some of them stuck in my head for the entire day.
We went first to the "lightening tree" to get some pictures. It is the coolest tree! Hunter was DYING to climb it, and to be honest so was I :) We need a good climbing tree like that. 
Hunter's class.
I love all of the pioneer stuff that is all over the farm. I just kept thinking the whole time we were there about how far life has come, how hard it would have been to live back then as well as how simple and wonderful it would have been to live back then. 
While we were waiting for our tour of the farm we played red light green light. I got out A LOT. Apparently I need to work on my stealth. Hunter is a champ at it however. I am amazed at his patience. Most kids just want to run, but Hunter bides his time, slowly taking a few steps every time. Is there a career is red light green light?
On our tour they passed around a little container of cream that were were going to shake into butter. I never saw what happened to it at the end, but I remember having it and I don't remember passing it off to anyone. I think I might have left it on our wagon ride...whoops! Don't tell Hunter his mom bombed the cream making experience!
I can't believe how big this house was for the time they lived here. It would have been a mansion! It is way bigger than a lot of houses now (especially our little town house!)
The kids learned about milking cows (I want to bring my boys back to do this, it is only 50 cents and I think it would be a cool experience. I milked a goat on a date to the Utah State fair in high school. Made me who I am today :) They also learned about the blacksmith, which was pretty neat.
I learned a lot too! Did you know that the black and white cows are called "Holstein cows?" They are the cows that give us our milk. The brown cows are called "Jersey" cows and they give mostly cream. Who knew? Now you do ;)
The bunnies are always a favorite. I however am allergic to bunnies. It is sad really. In 5th grade some little kid brought one to my class for us all to see, my eyes puffed up so badly I couldn't even see. Random huh?
The kids were very interested in the sheep and lambs eating.
Mostly because this little lamb wiggled into the feeding pen so he as standing on top of the hay while all the others ate.
The kids all got something that looked like wheat grains to feed the ducks.
Hunter's FAVORITE part of the day was lunch time. I had taken him to pick out his lunch and he was in heaven with this Lunchable. This field trip I was prepared. In the past, my kids have been so excited about eating their own lunch that they didn't really care about any of the other stuff we were seeing. They would ask me when lunch was every few minutes. This time I brought little treats I would sneak to Hunter any time he wanted to go eat his lunch so he was pretty happy to see all of the stuff. Much better. 
It was fun to be with Hunter one on one. We both had a great time at the farm!
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