Thursday, October 8, 2009

Wild Animals are Released at the Hogle Zoo!

Today was Riley's first school field trip.  All of the kindergarteners (am & pm classes) loaded up on the buses and headed out to the zoo.  Surprisingly the bus ride was fairly tame with the little ones.  For some of them it was their first time on a bus and I think they were in awe of it.  I had 4 kids to be responsible for on the bus, but once we got there, I had 3 kids between me and another mom!  That's the way to chaperone a field trip!  I am fortunate that Andy could take the day off to watch Kendall so I could go with Riley.  I never get to volunteer in his classroom because I have no one to watch her, so this was a real treat for both of us!  Now I can put names and faces together and watch him interact with his peers.  It's amazing how much he's changed since our last move.  He's so much more outgoing than ever before.  He will go and play with anyone and isn't afraid to go talk to someone he doesn't know.  Thank goodness or this move could have been miserable for everyone!



Here are some monkeys enjoying their cousins at the gorilla exhibit!



Riley and his shipmates, I mean classmates...






1 comment:

Jean McKendrick said...

I've been to the Hogle Zoo! How fun! Perfect time of year for that too. Nice your hubby could take time off to watch Kendall. I haven't gone on field trips with Kai yet. I am hoping next year when they are both in school.