I’m officially a grown-up! I was recently allowed to chaperone Adlani’s preschool class’ first field trip to go apple-picking at Honey Pot Hill. Have any of you ridden on a school bus lately?! It’s like a roller coaster! There have been some important safety advancements – color-coded seatbelts, padded seat backs instead of the exposed metal framing that my old school bus had, although they still have the exact same windows that are hard to open and end up crooked and jammed. Adlani loved the bus and sat quietly for the whole trip. His teachers have obviously gotten to know him pretty well because he was the only kid that I was assigned to (there were about 150 kids on the trip). After arriving and waiting fairly patiently for our tractor and wagon to arrive, we piled on and I clandestinely told the driver to make it fast and bumpy…the hayride, that is. He had us out in the orchard in record time, where we had a short lesson on apple pollination and proper picking technique. Each kid and chaperone was allowed to fill a 1/4-peck bag, and eat as many as we could stuff in our mouths before the tractor came back. The apples were delicious! After a slightly more leisurely ride back to the parking lot we went to visit the farm animals and the pumpkin patch, and then reluctantly sat down for a picnic lunch. Adlani passed out about 10 minutes after boarding the bus to go home. Aliya will be going on the same field trip tomorrow but I’m all chaperoned-out.
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