Meijer Garden Field Trip

Well, it’s been like a month since this happened, but Eli had a field trip to Meijer Gardens with his class at the end of April. I wasn’t able to go since I had BSF on Monday morning, but Jon was able to take off from work to go with Eli, which made the whole day more special anyway! Matea and I joined the boys at lunchtime and then Jon went back to work while we played at the gardens a bit more.

We’ve been to the butterflies and gardens so much that it wasn’t as special as it might have been, but we still had a good time. It was much hotter than they said it was going to be so I felt bad that I dressed the kids so warmly! They did get to play in the water though so that helped. Unfortunately I had packed the extra clothes in Jon’s backpack . . . which went back to work with Jon. Oops. So the kids got a wet, refreshing ride home. :)  Still, it was wonderful to be outside and I’m looking forward to more visits to the gardens, with extra clothes, this summer!

Eli and the preschool class under the big horse.

Daddy, Eli, and a dragon.

Mommy trying to get a nice picture of Matea and the flowers . . . FAIL!

At least these flowers stood still for me.

Matea wasn’t too sure about what Eli was about to do!

Now she’s going to give it a try!

Ringing the bell at the farm (man was that thing loud!).

Riding the sheep. :)

The only picture of them playing in the water since my camera battery died right after this. :)