School Field Trip

Wednesday was Anthony's last field trip of the year.  His class went on four trips this year--a walking trip to the library, the theater to see "Brave Irene", Deer Hollow Farm and Happy Hollow.

I decided to volunteer, I should make a point of doing these things while Anthony still wants me to!

I was assigned a group of four kids to chaperone for the day.  We started off with the rides before the line got too long.  After we rode all the biggies, we had a very early lunch and headed down the hill to visit the animals.

We had a questionnaire to fill out, making sure that we saw the whole zoo!  The first animal we encountered was Sophia the Jaguar.  Visitors to Happy Hollow normally see her asleep in a corner or on her perch.  Imagine my surprise to see her awake and AT the window!  She was NOT pleased to have kids bothering her and let us know.  It was a pretty neat show, even though I know she was unhappy.

The rest of the day was a normal day at Happy Hollow.  The puppet show, the goats...  Nobody ever wants to feed the poor zebu.  Just because he drools and has a long tongue.

The day ended with three rides on the merry go round.  At first they considered it a baby ride, but they happily went on it until it was time to walk back to the bus.