Kindergarten Field Trip

I got to go along with Delaney on her class field trip this week - to the Sedgwick Co. Zoo and to Botanica. It was a BEAUTIFUL day for the trip, and we had such a good time! Delaney was happy to walk around with her friends, Quinli and Elaina, for most of the day.

Delaney has come a long way from the beginning of the year. I so vividly remember the tears she left home with for the first couple of weeks of school. I'm so thankful that she got through that, and now wishes school would last longer!

Thank you, Mrs. Janzen and Mrs. Booton, for a great year!

The whole class - all 13 of them!

Quinli, Athena, Delaney, Jo, Elaina

The gorilla got curious about
something inside - I died laughing when he
stood up to peer in!

This orangutan was quite busy!

This chimp went back and forth from standing
to squatting - I could watch them all day!

Our own monkeys - Elaina wasn't quite
sure about those other two!

The dragon sculpture in the new Chinese Garden at Botanica

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