Fun February outings

 Just catching up on some blogging ... :)

Our family always looks forward to the annual Touch-a-Truck event in The Woodlands. We've gone each year for the past four (or maybe five??) years, I think. Both boys were excited to climb into and explore the trucks. Early into the event, Ryan got startled when another child honked the garbage truck horn when Ryan was walking in front of it. For quite a while after that, Ryan wanted to be held instead of climbing into the trucks.

 So, Ian took a turn "driving" and honking the horns of various trucks and vehicles.

 Ian's favorite vehicle, though, was the Life Flight helicopter that landed on an adjacent field.

 Ryan was perfectly content playing under the toy tent with small vehicles that reminded him of cars and trucks he has at home.

 Right before we left, Ryan was willing to pose with a police pick-up truck ...

 ...and to climb on a trailer!

Another day in February, Ryan, Nathan, and I joined Ian and his class on a field trip to Atkinson Farm strawberry patch. It was a chilly day, so the kids were all bundled up in their coats, mittens, and hats.

Kim, Ryan and Nathan (in the Baby Bjorn) with Aliceson and Sammy

 The kindergarten boys were first up on the hayride. Mr. Atkinson himself gave a guided tour of their farm.

 He told us which crops were growing in each field,

 and he even picked a few veggies to show the kids what they looked like right off the plants.

 The kids were really interested in the tour,

 and they loved passing around various vegetables.

 Mr. Atkinson enticed the cows to come near the hayride trailer with some weeds.

 He used the donkey's teeth as an object lesson to convince the kids of the value of brushing their own teeth!

 After the hayride, each child got a strawberry container labeled with his or her name and got to fill it up with huge, ripe, delicious, juicy strawberries. (The farm hadn't even opened to the public yet, so the berries were abundant!) Both boys had so much fun picking (and eating!). What a fun morning!