Well it was a rocky start to our Tuesday but fortunately a few of our classes (including us) were still able to go on our planned field trip to the Pumpkin Patch/Apple Orchard. The kids were amazing while the teachers were trying to figure out the logistics of being shorted a school bus (due to a breakdown). Thank you to the parents who were able to join us (and drove all the way out to Abbotsford!) the trip would not have been able to go ahead without your flexibility.
The students enjoyed what was for many of them their first time on a school bus. There was lots of singing, chatting, playing eye spy with our seat mates to help pass the time and a few students even fell asleep. Things that we noticed on the journey, buses make us the same height as big dump trucks, there are lots of police cars on the freeway and the trees are beautiful colours of red, yellow and orange.
Due to the bus mishap we were a bit late arriving at the patch so our snack was cut short and we promptly went for our hay ride to choose the perfect pumpkin. All the kids were awesome at making sure they made good decisions and a few even changed their mind a couple of times when they themselves realized their choice was too heavy. With our pumpkins secured in our bags we boarded the hay ride again to go to visit their country store. We learned about their resident Queen Bee and her workers who help to pollinate the apple trees and we then watched a video on how they make their apple cider on site and got to sample some of their cider and it was delicious. Next on our tour was a brief visit with the animals which for some was their favourite part. After washing our hands we watched a demonstration of how apples are sorted using a sorting machine before sitting down to have our lunch.
Despite the hiccups the kids report that they had a great time and I think most would have loved to have spent the entire afternoon on the big jumping pillow.
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