{"id":51,"date":"2012-07-07T12:52:47","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T12:52:47","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-01-17T05:04:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-17T05:04:44","slug":"summer-cool-camp-a-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museofthemorning.com\/museblog\/summer-cool-camp-a-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Cool Camp: A Field Trip To The Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/blogpics\/farmfieldtrip01.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, I borrowed K and J&#8217;s Mom&#8217;s van and we took a field trip out to a farm. I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;d call this a real farm- they do grow some stuff, but they bring in the majority of what they sell there and they have a ton of processed stuff. It&#8217;s one of those tourist-y places, more like a grocery store several miles out of town with some other fun attractions. They have goats and sheep for petting, chickens to look at and a playground.<\/p>\n<p>They also have this cool sluice where you can buy a bag of rocks and sift them to see if you get any gemstones. We didn&#8217;t buy any rocks, the kids just played with the ones that were left there by others. They didn&#8217;t know the difference.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/blogpics\/farmfieldtrip02.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They matched up some of their finds on the chart. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/blogpics\/farmfieldtrip03.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Then we headed over to check out the goats. The girls loved them! They went along petting all of the goats and sheep. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/blogpics\/farmfieldtrip05.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The goats were extremely friendly and sniffed out any food in hands.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/blogpics\/farmfieldtrip06.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not everyone loved the goats though. Mr.Man stood far back and signed &#8220;dog&#8221; over and over again in excitement, but when the goats moved close to the fence, this is what he looked like:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/blogpics\/farmfieldtrip07.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We moved on then to the strawberry patch. We had already picked our strawberries for this year, so this was just for fun. Each kid had a bucket and I just said &#8220;pick&#8221; and let them go for a while.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/blogpics\/farmfieldtrip08.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The older kids wandered off and Mr.Man and I just kind of lingered around. He sat down to better find the strawberries. And maybe the shade? It was very hot and sunny, although there was a nice breeze.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/blogpics\/farmfieldtrip09.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The older kids wandered down to the end of the patch and apparently found some rocks, which K told me were &#8220;dinosaur hips&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/blogpics\/farmfieldtrip10.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we headed back toward the market to pay for our strawberries and enjoy them at the playground.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/blogpics\/farmfieldtrip11.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a pretty good sized playground. They must get pretty busy out here from time to time. I know they have a giant corn maze later on in the season&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>\nJ enjoyed the slide.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/blogpics\/farmfieldtrip12.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mr.Man is going to be a handful in just a couple months I can tell! He kept trying and trying to climb this ladder. He&#8217;d get up to the 2nd rung and fall through, but then no complaints, he just walked around and kept trying. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/blogpics\/farmfieldtrip14.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was a fun trip to the farm!!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/blogpics\/farmfieldtrip16.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we went home and climbed into the pool, &#8217;cause goodness it was hot out!!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.museofthemorning.com\/blogpics\/farmfieldtrip15.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So! Are you able to take any field trips as part of your Summer Cool Camp? Where are you going? I&#8217;m looking for more ideas!<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I borrowed K and J&#8217;s Mom&#8217;s van and we took a field trip out to a farm. I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;d call this a real farm- they do grow some stuff, but they bring in the majority of what they sell there and they have a ton of processed stuff. 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