Blessed Are They Who Teach....

Last week Keslie had a school fieldtrip to the Zoo. She got to ride on the bus for the first time, which I think was her favorite part. I volunteered to Chaperon, so I brought along Jack and Emma. I only had my kids and 1 of Keslie's classmates, so it was pretty easy, and the kids were all really good.

Here they are checking out the rabbits. Keslie's teacher gave each of them a journal that they were supposed to make notes about what they saw. They were totally into their assignment and probably took longer writing or drawing about the animals then actually looking at them!

They had some very big goats that were obviously well fed, and they enjoyed getting even more food from the kids. I was standing by with a big bottle of hand sanitizer.

Keslie and her friend had the chance to feed the giraffes. They each got to feed them 2 pieces of lettuce. They all thought it was pretty funny that they had long purple tongues. Jack could have fed them too if he wanted, but he decided to watch from a safe distance instead.

After feeding the giraffes, they each took a turn posing like a giraffe. For some reason they all stuck their tongues out the same, and it was pretty funny!

This was the best shot I could get of all 3, cute isn't it?!

Even though the fieldtrip was fun, and the kids were all really good, I was exhausted when it was over. I didn't even have to ride the bus with all the kids either. I don't know how Keslie's Teacher does it everyday, and she seriously has the patience of a Saint! Teachers have a tough, tough job, and I could not keep up with those kids like they do!