trip to the pumpkin farm. She and two other girls are like The Three
Amigas.
2) How nice it was to finally put a face to the names Alice has been
talking about. And meeting their moms was nice as well.
3) Riding the kiddie train with Izzy. Alice was already up front with
her buddies, but I really wanted to give Iz the chance to experience
the train too, so we sat in back. To say she loved it is an
understatement! When it was over, I passed Iz off to one of Alice's
teachers so I could get out easier, and she didn't want to come back
to me! She was very upset when we left the train area.
4) Having a cell phone. With out one I would have wondered if the trip
was canceled or not and I probably would have gone back home before
the rest of the bunch arrived. I got there super early (I know how
congested traffic can be in the morning, plus I had construction to
deal with) and it was raining. I was able to call the school, but no
one answered. Thankfully my friend Kim had talked to the school
director and I knew to stick around.
5) That the weather gods were smiling on us. It stopped raining
LITERALLY at the moment our tour was supposed to start. The sun didn't
come out until our group was leaving, though.
6) Hay rides. I haven't been on one in ages. I forgot how fun they
are. Alice, of course, had to sit with her buddies Zoe and Emily. They
had a ball.
7) Helping hands. Several people helped me out today by either taking
Alice through a part of the farm that didn't allow strollers, or
grabbing Alice's hand when I struggled with the stroller in the
gravel, etc. It was nice that they helped me out like that. Wish I
didn't have to bring the silly thing.
8) Staying after the group left to play in the awesome playground with
Emily and her mom. For one thing, the toys were so fun, and we had the
whole area to ourselves for about 20 minutes. We left when a group of
1st graders came charging through!
9) The bounce house. Again we had this all to ourselves and the two
girls bounced for another 20 minutes or so. They played hard!
10) All of us napping peacefully after we ate a late lunch when we got
home. Even Momma was pooped!
