Field Trip to Alldredge Orchard

Our homeschool co-op took a field trip to a local farm/orchard and it was a glorious time! The weather could not have been more beautiful!

Our day began with a lesson on honey bees, and how their hard work helps bring us delicious apples. They even had a honeycomb (inside of glass), so the children could see up close exactly what the bees are doing! The children got to try on a beekeepers hat! What fun!

After the bee lesson, they fed the pony and goats. Little Jamie was fascinated with the goats. Joshua loved feeding the pony.

Next we played with baby kittens. They were so sweet and the children all loved cuddling them!


And what would a Fall trip to a farm be without picking pumpkins?! Joseph was so excited to get his very own pumpkin! Jacob, of course, was one of the last children to finish picking a pumpkin because he had to find the exact perfect one...Joshua was too funny. All of the other children picked big ones, but he chose the tiniest little pumpkin. I couldn't figure out why until he later explained that all the big pumpkins were wet, but the tiny baby pumpkin was not wet or dirty, and he liked that.

After pumpkin picking, the children got out their rambunctious energy by climbing all over the hay bales. There was even a hay tunnel to explore!

The children were so excited for the hay ride! Well...most of them anyway. Joseph was a little afraid and decided he didn't want to go. So, I stayed back with my two little ones, while everyone else went on the hay ride. Apparently Jacob was buried in hay. Oh, what fun!


The grand finale of our field trip was getting to feed the chickens. The children were especially joyful over this part, because they have really missed having chickens.

What a wonderful day!

Through God's Abundant Blessings,
(and days like today those blessings are evermore apparent!)