Smith Nursery Field Trip

I was lucky enough to get to go on another field trip with Eli this month for preschool. This past week, we went to Smith Nursery. I had never been here before, despite the fact that it was very close to home! I had no idea it was even there! Now that I do know, I will be back! Especially during strawberry pickin' season! But I digress!

The kids got to go on a hayride across the fields before being dropped off at a "corn" maze. It was really a "millet" maze if we are getting technical, but the grains weren't so tall. This was good, because we could see the end, but still got tripped up trying to get there! It was fun, though & Eli & I ended up being the first ones to find our way out!Once everyone made their way out of the maze (which thankfully gave Eli enough time to run into the woods to pee - yep, it happens no matter WHERE we go! ugh! We weren't going to be back to a bathroom for 45 minutes- what else were we going to do??) - anyway- once everyone was out of the maze, they sat the kids down for a little story / education about the Tuscarora Indians that used to inhabit the very land that the Nursery was on.They got to touch & see real arrow heads that they have found on the land as well as how they would cut out gourds for spoons. It was pretty cool!

After the history lesson, we moved onto a few animals....This was about the cutest donkey i had ever seen! And her name was Raisin. So cute! She loved the cucumber she was fed & took huge bites off the end!Here is Raisin again. She was really cute & I really wanted to feel her ears. I wonder if they are as soft as they look?

There were also several goats that were in the field with the donkey. Apparently they put goats & donkeys together because goats are skittish & scared & won't fight predators off. That's where the donkey comes in... apparently, they will stay & fight! Hee Haw!! (This is also why you see donkeys in with cows.....)

The goats posing...
After feeding the animals, we were let loose in the pumpkin patch to find a small pumpkin! We found one nested neatly in some hay & it was "hiding"! So it was a treasure for sure!

I found my perfect pumpkin!
What a fun morning to spend together with my littlest man!