Field Trip

Luke had his first field trip the other day!  This was shocking to me at first…after all …he’s only 3!  It was a whole new experience.  I was blessed to go along and help corral Luke and two other children throughout the day (with the help of Luke’s aide).  We went to the Children’s Museum in Normal, IL.  It was lots of fun…and Luke was all over the place.

I was so proud of him.  We got there around 9:30am and left around 1pm and that whole time he walked all over the place!  He had lots of fun moments.  Luke was able to paint on the wall, with the help of his aide or myself.  He dipped his brush and we then helped him aim for the wall.  The paint  got everywhere…but was so fun!

Then we checked out so many other cool things.  There was an energy room, where it picked up your heat signature and showed it on the wall.  Then there was the combine and tractor and auger where you put “feed” in and watch it work.  There was a vacuum/air contraption where you put in a rag or cloth ball in one spot and watch it go around and then shoot out in another spot. 

Those were only a few of the cool things Luke liked so much.  I think one of his favorites was the water area.  In this spot they had various tubes that you could use to filter where the water goes.  I tried to help Luke build one, but of course all he wanted to do was get the tube and splash it around so that mommy kept getting wet.

After the full day, we boarded the bus to go home and Luke sat on my lap.  He never went to sleep, as usual…but after about 20 minutes he started getting his “second wind”.  He started butting his head into me and rocking back and forth.  That is when I gave him over to his aide.  He loved that because she got a hold of an empty water bottle and started trying to attack Luke with it.  It soon got to the point that all she had to do was bring the water bottle within 6 inches of Luke and he would start laughing.  It was pretty funny to watch.  Oh…what a long…but fun day.