Today we went on our first official field trip! Well, It all began as a trip to our local nursery so that I could get some pricing on a tree as our died back in June. It's taken us this long to get it removed and finally go shopping for one. So, as we were walking through the tree's I think the best one for us is going to be a Chinese Pistache! They grow easily in our area which is a good thing because I am not that good, focused or diligent enough to care for a needy tree! Ha!
Here is a Chinese Pistache that is 4 years old, (The one we are buying is actually 2 years old) It's a great shade tree, too!
While we were there, they happen to have two bounce houses! The first one was a fire engine one that had like a "rock climbing" wall in it, which lead into a slide to the other side. The boys were excited! Well, at least ONE of them was...
Here is my daring Kien who loves anything climbing! He got all the way to the top!
And of course, he had to stop and pose from the other side. Meanwhile, Gabriel was waiting next to me as I was taking pictures.
And WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! No fear = lots of fun! (safely of course)
Now mind you, Gabe is a very observant -watchful one. He doesn't like to just get out there without evaluating first. He saw brother do it, and was very skeptical! He refused to go in the first time around. Finally, when he saw Kien having a great time (and my encouraging him a few times) he finally decided that it was OK to go inside! Kien even came over to help him in! What a helpful brother!
Of course, Kien totally ditched Gabe ad went straight up and down the slide, leaving his brother to himself. He got up and was trying to walk to me FRIGHTENED saying, "I want you, I want out, I want youuuuuuuu!" Looking at the photo don't be deceived. If you zoom in, you might realize that look in his eye is actually being scared and unsure. :( I was hoping he would have had the courage to go through to the slide, but no go. So, of course, I came to the rescue to help him know in his heart that he didn't have to be afraid.
Off to the second bounce house... This one had Toy Story Characters on the outside, so Gabe clearly stated he would, "like to "try" the Toy Story one." We put shoes on and went over to the 2nd one. Kien jumped in straight away! He loved this one as well and tried to jump as high as he could, but I just couldn't catch a very good shot of him in the air!
And as for Gabe? Well, this is about as far as he got. On the step outside the bounce house. Yeah, again, he didn't want to go inside. There was a little boy who joined Kien, and even then Gabe wanted NOTHING to do with it. And that is OK!
Once we put our shoes on we went over to the area designated for photo ops with tons of pumpkins, decor and hay bails. The boys were very interested in going around this "mini maze."
They were shaking hands with this welcoming scarecrow! Gabriel didn't know what to think at first, but then be realized it wasn't real and wanted to hold his hand also!
I loved this one because it was just their size! They even liked it! Kien, as my inquisitive acrobat could only hold it in for a couple shots and then just HAD to climb the fence behind!
As he was climbing up, I thought I should be the good parent who controls their child from going wild all over the property when I noticed that there was running water behind them and realized THAT is what he was looking at. So, walking over the little bridge, look at what we found! Ornamental Koi fish! So we learned that Koi is "carp" in Japanese! Very pretty domesticated fish!
I couldn't resist this perfect "brothers" photo. They were checking out the fish together! And then I had to ask them for a huggy photo as well :)
Gabe wanted to go back to the hay and look at the pumpkins. This one was GINORMOUS! They couldn't even roll it over! :)
After their efforts, we decided to go over the bridge again and look at fish.
This time around I was assuming that it was feeding time, because either side of the bridge we walked over the fish would follow with their lips coming above the water as if it was that time! I giggled and told the boys to look, they are so hungry they are kissing each other! Ha!
I asked the woman standing by the register if she would happen to let children feed the fish, and she smiled and handed us a paper cup 1/2 full of fish food! Oh, the boys were EXCITED! Even GABE wanted some of this action! And it was FUN! They giggled as the fish were trying to beat one another to the food. :)
So, once we purchased the bail of hay, we went home and had some jello in an orange for a snack. It was a great trip to the nursery! We will be going back very soon!
