First grade field trip to Happy Hollow

Today all first grade classes went to Happy Hollow on a field trip.  We haven't visited Happy Hollow in a long while but it's a place we'll never forget since it was the site of Leo's third birthday and Serafina's leg break.  Serafina told anyone who would listen about how she broke her leg there and how she hoped she didn't break her leg there again today.  

Here she is waiting for the bus with her friend Jane.  Jane is a little peanut and Serafina is huge.  They make an odd pair.  

My group consisted of Jane, Serafina, Kevin and Brian.  Kevin and Brian are twins who dress alike every day and have very unfortunate haircuts.  They were well behaved and I liked that.  They also brought big metal thermoses and metal spoons for lunch and since I had to carry all their lunches in my backpack, I didn't really like that.  I'm all about reducing waste, but it's a field trip; use a ziplock bag!

On the bus and ready to go.

Not much has changed at Happy Hollow.

There was a new ride that went around in circles.  I didn't want to get it on it but tiny Jane wasn't tall enough to ride alone.  My friend Mary offered to ride with Jane, but that threw the numbers off and Serafina was going to be stuck riding alone.  I hopped on with her because I'm a good mom and field trip chaperone extraordinaire.  She would have preferred riding with one of her friends, but she got over it fast.  It took me a while to get over feeling dizzy but I survived.

We quickly learned that most of Happy Hollow's rides aren't meant for tall girls.  She wasn't too happy about this.

So we hustled over to the roller coaster that we knew she could ride.  They waited in a long line but had so much fun on the coaster, the kids decided the wait was worth it.

Here's Mary's group and my group having lunch.  We stuck together the whole day and it worked out well.

After lunch we visited some of the zoo animals.  It mostly bums me out because the enclosures are so small, but we did see the turtle that Serafina liked many years ago.  We had time to ride the carousal before we met with the rest of the groups to head to the bus.  It was a fun but exhausting field trip.