I got to go on Mick's field trip with his class to Thanksgiving Point. It was a ton of fun. I was in charge of watching Mick, his friend Zack (about the same energy level as Mick), and their female counterpart, Gabby. There was also a fairly mellow girl named McKenna. We got to see a beehive with clear sides. It was pretty neat to watch the bees do their thing.

Then they got to do a skit about how a seed grows into an apple tree (see our apple tree above), then a bee pollinates the blossoms, then a bear eats the apple, the bear then ___s (rhymes with skit) in the woods and that makes the trees grow better and puts more seeds in the ground. Then whole process starts over again.

Then we got to listen to a college sophomore talk about animals. It was amazing to me how wise and knowledgeable he was. It made me regret all the times I have taken my brain out and played with it in front of other people.

The kids got to play in the water around Noah's Ark. One of the poor teachers felt like she needed to keep the kids out of the water but there was an unstoppable force pulling the kids in. The rest of us just acknowledged the fact we couldn't stop them and enjoyed watching them splash.

We then went to eat lunch at a park. Beleive it or not the boys were all quite wet. As soon as we pulled up to the park a bunch of clouds covered up the sun and a breeze started to blow. It was pretty chilly.

There was one girl who was obviously quite poor. She only brought a half empty container of cottage cheese for her lunch. There were several of the other kids who shared their lunches with her. I was so impressed with their care and concern for classmate.

It was a great time getting to hang out with my lucky boy. Julie buzzed his hair awhile ago and since then Mick has had "Lucky Fuzz" instead of hair. Julie and I rub his head for good luck. Whenever Mick thinks his head is running low on luck he will hold his hands over his head and wiggle his fingers to reload the luck. It is pretty great to have some lucky fuzz around.