Field Trip Fun

On November 30 we went on this fabulous field trip with Myka's preschool to a place called Earth Works. They had all kinds of animals for the kids to hold and experience. The teachers were excellent with the kids and doing things on the kids level. Myka had soooo much fun and was very proud that she was not afraid to hold anything. Here she is holding the little spider craft she made.

 

Myka insisted on having a turn with the milksnake around her neck too.

 

The kids are petting the legless lizard, kind of a strange animal.

 

Myka had her hands full with this bearded dragon. It was amazing how calm the lizards were.

 

This is my favorite! Doesn't she just look so comfortable and natural. I asked her if he was nice or pokey. She said "He is nice and pokey". They WERE really pokey and it was easy to get scratched. Really, I am super suprised she was such a good sport. Myka is usually very tender or what I would say, whimpy. Guess she was in the right mood today.

 

She even got to shake hands with Rosealla the Tarantula. The lady didn't offer to let them hold it. I think she was afraid it might get dropped.

 

Eli was a pretty good sport and got handed around a lot. Here he met his match in Speedy the Tortosie. It was fun to watch Eli chase after Speedy, a pretty good competition. When Eli caught up, Speedy decided he didn't like Eli's grabby hands. I really want to take the older girls back there. I think they would enjoy it even more than Myka and Eli did. They are all so crazy about animals, especially the creep crawly kind.

 

Guess what I can do Mom!!! He can pull himself up and does such a good job of it.