These are pictures from Christopher's original trip to Styres Orchard's pumpkin patch. This was also Christopher's first bus ride and first time on a "farm" of any kind. I was one of the chaperones on the trip, which is pretty dangerous in and of itself really. Everything worked out perfectly.....until....
The weather on this first trip of the year was not our friend as the trip was cancelled half-way through because of the terrain (tractor stuck in the mud -- pictured below) and the onslaught from Mother Nature! (2 pictures below the stuck tractor...thank goodness Mrs. Gahr, Christopher's teacher, had brought tablecloths, for some reason, maybe the potential of inclement weather, or the people in the rear trailer would have been drenched!)
They rescheduled Christopher's original trip to a local pumpkin patch last week. Colleen was not able to attend, so I took the day off and volunteered to be a chaperone.....again. The original trip to the pumpkin patch was marred by our hay-ride getting stuck in the mud, the driver of the tractor on the hay-ride basically spooning with his girlfriend on the tractor during the hay-ride itself, and a torrential downpour. This trip, although very windy and a very cold, was a much more pleasant experience for all of us.
Here are the photos from the field trip...I actually had a good time with him and, more importantly, it was good to see him in action while at school. He did pretty well.
(Pictures clockwise from top left - Christopher and his buddy, Evan -- Evan showing Christopher his hood...Christopher looking for his hood (he was going to be looking a while since he didn't have one) -- Chrisotpher's class getting a lesson on apples before they got to pick their apples (which they didn't actually get to pick because the yield was so low due to inclement weather that the Orchard had to ship apples in from another Orchard Farm to supplement their dwindling supply. They got their apples from boxes. All the kids seemed to be okay with it.)
(Below: Clockwise from top left: Christopher and his friends picking their apples -- Christopher and friends selecting their gourds -- Christopher with his selection -- Christopher -- and Christopher bringing me the pumpkin he selected from the pumpkin patch)
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