Wednesday, October 15, 2008

The Great Pumpkin

Despite what the title suggests, this post is not about Charlie Brown, it's about how I got to go on my very first field trip as a parent! Last summer, twice a week I took between 16 and 20 preschoolers all over the Salt Lake Valley on public transportation. Words cannot describe my experiences. I think I have tried to block much of it out of my mind.
Today however I got to go with my son's daycare to the pumpkin patch down the road. And I was a parent. Not a teacher. It was still completely crazy. It started out crazy and it ended with us very nearly forgetting the baby in the pumpkin patch. Poor James' teacher. Having been in her shoes many times before, I really felt for her. James was also a complete pill and refused to walk most of the way, which meant I spent a lot of my time say 'ok, see ya later' and walking away. Ha ha, that works really well right now. But I suspect he is going to wise up any day now. I think he was more interested in the rocks in the gravel parking lot than he was in picking pumpkins.
Anyway, here are some pictures. I wish I had more, but it is so hard to get a shot of James' face outside because he is always walking or running ahead of me. He is a very busy boy.


(One disclaimer to the following pictures, I have a really hard time posting pictures, so these are squished together, and don't even think about asking for captions. These are open to interpretation.)







Isn't he just adorable? Being a parent is a funny thing I have noticed. As crazy as James can make me (and he is not even a teenager yet) I still think he is the greatest thing ever. I am completely smitten by him. I could look at these pictures all day.

6 comments:

Jay said...

Wow, nice pictures! It is amazing how good they look when we take them with something besides our cell phones.

Cyclingred said...

What a cutie! He is of course adorable. But then he is my grandson. :)

Cyclingred said...

Oh. And go Beavers!

Unknown said...

He is a cutie and looking less like a baby and more like a little boy! He probably doesn't even know who I am:(

Inger-Lis said...

James' sitter and family are die-hard ducks fans so they took a picture with all the kids in front of the ducks. James absolutely refused to be in it, so I took it as a sign of his good taste. Later we found the beaver and had to have our picture there instead.

RBK's Realm said...

He is one beautiful child!