Shimmin Farm

The third and final field trip was to a farm. The farm is out in the middle of no-where between Monmouth and Roseville. The buses got lost on the way to the farm. (I heard that this also happened 2 years ago!) Turns out the bus driver printed out directions to the wrong place. He printed directions to a house that belongs to people with the same name. G1's teacher got out at that house and asked the guy there for directions. We eventually got there.

G1 told me his favorite thing was the pigs:

This duck is ugly, but kind of interesting:

This momma sheep couldn't find her baby and was crying out for it:

G1 sitting on the tractor wheel:


If I remember correctly the calf's name was Blaze (or something similar):


I had never seen a live turkey up close, they are hideous:


Feeding the chickens:
I held a bird! For those that don't know, I don't like birds. Scratch that, it isn't that I don't like birds. I'm terrified of birds!! I told G1's teacher that and she asked me if I wanted her to take a picture so I had proof that I did touch a bird.
After we left the farm we headed to Monmouth. We were going to the park to eat lunch and let the kids play. The park is right next to the cemetery. The bus drivers missed the turn into the park, so we drove through the cemetery. That was the second mishap of the day.

The third was; one of the classes lunch cooler was not to be found when we were passing out lunches. That teacher was not very happy, understandably. So, as a couple of the other chaperons were trying to find it the teachers were trying to see what there was for extra lunches (because there are always extras from what the school provides) so those that didn't have lunches could still eat. Eventually the cooler was found. It was on a seat on the bus and could not be seen from the back door. They tried to get the cooler out because the bus drivers had left to get lunch and the bus was locked. Eventually the kids did get the lunches that they were supposed to have.

After having so much go wrong I was just ready to get back to Galesburg! Thankfully the kids didn't seem to notice that anything had gone wrong all day. They had a blast!