Fantastic Friday

The pleasure was mine to join my favorite set of five year olds on an incredible field trip this past Friday!  Since the flier came home in the Homework Folder, I have been hearing about Lazy 5 and the field trip from C and W!  Having the day finally arrive, was practically like Christmas morning for them!  

C and W's entire kindergarten class was eager to board the bus and head for the Lazy 5!  To be honest, I at first would have said the most exciting part of this field trip was going to be the bus ride!  That is ALL these 2 talked about on the way to school Friday morning!  They already knew who was going to drive the bus... Mrs. Smith!  Their teacher!  I giggled because sadly I knew how incorrect they were!  Bless!  

 

There were animals galore at Lazy 5!  And of course we petted them all!  

 

Well most of them!  This guy was a bit slobbery and the large sign warned us NOT to touch him! But isn't he precious!  

 

And this guy had a sign saying he would bite!  He did whistle at me though which I found flattering! 

 And bless the slow little turtle! Just trying to move from one spot to the next!  Such a chore!  I felt sorry for this little guy! 

  Once the crew was corralled together one last time for a redo picture, we were ready to board the wagon in search of hungry animals!  

 

One of our first friends we met was this aggressive and very hungry little guy!  He was super fast and would peck the food out of your bucket before you could have it hidden from him! 

Charlie had little fear when it came to feeding the animals!  He loved it! 

Wylie was a giggle girl at first!  She was a little unsure of the drool coming from some of these very hungry animal's mouths!  She just laughed! 

But quickly she realized she was going to have to get over the slobber and embrace the moment!  So off she went to feeding the bunches and bunches of animals that our trip introduced us to!

My MOST favorite part of Lazy 5 is this part right here!!  The Giraffe Area!!  I think these guys are the most beautiful creatures!  Having slept with a giraffe named "Ralph" my entire childhood, I have always loved them!  I LOVED getting to see both my little loves feed this beauty and think it was the best thing ever!  They were in heaven! 

  

Wylie was super excited to have her BFF with her throughout the day!  These 2 were two peas in a pod at the Lazy 5 Ranch!  

  

The tongues on these animals at the Lazy 5 are something else!  I have never in my life seen something like this!  They are seriously as long as your arm!  The kids thought this was hysterical!  Wylie was ALL ABOUT feeding these guys!  Never a moment of hesitation in her little body!  Me, I was often distracted by the drool that would be blown from their mouths and fly through the wind at us!!  Yucko!  

And Luther... Oh how I have heard about Luther!  Luther is the very famous rhino who lives at Lazy 5!  My children watched a video where he sneezed on someone and that was it... they were in love with Luther!  The excitement of this kindergarten wagon was electric as we rolled up next to Luther!  

It might have been a bit stinky at time (literally) and I might have left with 9 pounds of dusty food pellets on my hands but every minute of the field trip with these 2 little loves was worth it!  

I am so thankful for their love for school, their love for learning and the moments like these.  These are just two of the best blessing in my life!  

 I love you C and W!  

Lots and Lots!