I'd Ask My Friends to Come and See

It seems that at the end of the school year, my kids go on the most field trips.  Well, amazingly, my little first-grader had one on a Wednesday.  My day off.  So I could actually go.  Hip, hip, hooray!  I told the kids yesterday that I was going to go on Kaleb's field trip, and Riley got a little jealous.  "Hey!  You never went on any of my field trips this year!"  "None of your field trips were on a day that I could actually go.  Maybe next year I will be able to go with you."  "Next year, you'll try?"  "Yes."  "Okay."  He seemed appeased, but it's true.  I haven't been on any field trips with Riley.  I can't remember one that I have gone on with him.  Yikes.
We went to Red Butte Gardens up by the University of Utah.  It's a beautiful place and I am really glad I got to go.  Kaleb is so sweet.  The whole time, he only wanted me to hold his hand and he wanted me to sit by him on the bus.  I told him he could sit with his friends if he wanted.  Or I would take the window seat and he could be closer to them, but he said he wanted to sit by me and have the window seat.  So he could look outside.
After the gardens we went to a park and ate lunch.  The kids had a lot of fun getting wet in the splash pad, but Kaleb opted to not participate because it was a cold day.  It really was.  I was glad I brought my jacket.
My battery was dying on my computer, or I probably would have taken more pictures.  But I will show you my favorites.  Get ready!  :)

 Look at those eyes!  I love those eyes.

 This is Tim.  He was the guide for our tour of the Red Butte Gardens.

 Kaleb is squeezing water out of this herbaceous stem.

 He took us through the herb garden and they rubbed their hands on the herbs and smelled their fingers.  It was pretty cool.  And smelled pretty nice. :)

 The got to take the seed pod off the seeds and see the food and the embryo parts of the seed.

 The bees were pollinating the irises.

 It's me and Kaleb in the Fragrance Garden!

 Tim had them name the moose and told them that if they gave it a really cool name, they could rub his nose and they would have good luck all day.  They named him Timmy.

 Baby ducks!

 Then they took apart a flower.  They got to suck on the nectar of the honey suckle.

 This is where the seeds of the flower are.  It's little, so he was eyeing it closely.

 Waterfall!

 Hostas.  They hold water on their leaves and sometimes the animals will drink the water off them.

 Tim and his students.  He was an excellent teacher.

 Liberty Park (in case you were wondering).

 Kaleb is afraid of heights so he only went down the little slide.

 His friends on the tire swing.

 I was surprised he wanted me to push him so high.

 This young man in the blue towel has a vivid imagination.  First, he was a leprechaun king.  Here he is Dumbledore.

 And Kaleb is pretending to be Harry Potter.

 Splash pad!

 The grass in the playground area isn't real grass.  It was weird.

I think he had a good day.

That makes the trip worth it. :)  While I was there, I realized there will be no more first grade field trips to Red Butte Gardens for me.  We will have to take the whole family there sometime because Dad has never been.