A Day at the Park...

We took a field trip to the park. We had been talking all week about birds and we thought the park would be a good place to see some up close. First, we had to walk all 11 kids to the park. That sounds worse than it really is. We are fortunate enough that we live about 2 blocks from Ridgepoint Elementary and they are nice enough to open their play ground/park area for public use during non school hours.

So off we went with our wagon, our wagon driving volunteers (Sammy and Elijah), the double stroller and the animal chain for the rest to hold onto. Before we got into the bird watching we just wanted to play and have fun with the kids for a while. We went down the slides, even the little babies :) We played hop scotch. We were all over the place. It is not often we all get to go to the park as a group so we were making the best of it!

Then we surprised the kids by handing out the binoculars that they decorated earlier in the week. They were so excited to see them! We showed them that we were taking them over to the field area and the trees to find some birds. They looked all over but were most excited about watching the airplane they saw. I love those kids...