Olivia had her first field trip this week at school. The school rented out a couple city buses to take the kids downtown. At first, of few other moms and myself decided we'd take the kids down(in our cars,) and meet the rest of the children there. I thought to myself, "there is no way I'm letting my 4 1/2 year old get on that bus without me!" After getting my arm twisted by the teacher, AND realizing I need to let go a little, I decided to let her ride the bus. A couple of my other mama friends were as concerned as I was. We walked to kids to the bus and watched it drive off. Liv looked at me a little confused when she got on without me...tear. On a side note, Olivia keeps telling Shane and I "I want to go and ride the city bus again!" She loved it! I hightailed it downtown to meet Liv at the Olive Garden for lunch. Bless all the wait staff for being so patient with around 40 little munchkins, plus their siblings and parents. It was a zoo! The kids ate, then headed to Riverfront Park. I always forget how fun that park is for kids. The radioflyer slide, the ducks, water fountain(when it's hot enough), and of course the carousel. Oh the carousel, which by the way, I cannot ride. How embarrassing. I think I need to give it another whirl. The last time I rode it it made me feel so sick, like I had major vertigo, so now I'm afraid to get back on!
It was a really fun field trip and play day. Olivia, Ella, and Isaac are like the 3 musketeers, always holding hands and palling around together when at school, it's very cute! Apparently Issac tells his mom, "Olivia and Ella are my girlfriends." Actually, Frieda(Issac's Mama, is the one in the picture with Olivia.) Guess I need to get back on the horse and over my fear of being sick on the stinking carousel!
