Trees and Flowers and Parrots Oh My!

Last week we took our preschoolers on a field trip to the Botanical Gardens.  We all piled in the van and truck and drove through town to reach our destination. The kids had a great time on the bus pretending to drive in their seats and saying "my car done beat you back!" AKA "my car is faster than yours!"  We were able to have a nice time walking through the gardens using all of our senses as they have learned about in school.  We got to smell a tall cinnamon tree and look at the fish in the lily pad pond, and listen to the St. Vincent Parrots squak and even say "hello".
Our only incident was when we asked all the preschoolers to stand on the roots of a tree to take a picture...They all stood their smiling and having a good time. When the kids began to break from their poses I noticed one of our boys was facing towards the tree "relieving" himself, I guess it was better than him wetting his pants :). Little boys will be little boys, and it was a somewhat funny too. All in all it was a successful day!