The Rock Ranch Field Trip

Last Fall Trey’s class went to The Rock, GA for a field trip at Chick-fil-a’s The Rock Ranch. We were traveling so we missed out on the fun.

This month they returned and despite the blazing sun and an unusually warm weather, the kids had a great time. The first half of the trip was spent on getting a tour of the ranch and stopping at various “stations” for little educational talks. The kids learned about planting seeds, the ecological value of worms, how to milk a cow, and various animals tracks & scat. Of course, the scat was a HUGE hit with all the 5-year-olds.

After lunch it was playtime and the kids rolled in a “corn house” (like a ball pit but full of corn kernels), bounced on a massive pillow sort of trampoline, and explored “tiny town.” At the end of the day I joined the kids on the bouncing pillow and got a serious workout (as well as giant blisters on my feet).

Here are the kids in the “corn pit”:

Here is Trey and one of his best friends swimming in the corn:

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The Big Hunt

One of the coolest ideas Heidi has had for fun with Trey was her homemade Easter egg hunt. She drew a series of clues on paper for Trey and hid them in eggs. Each egg would have a clue leading to the next egg and its clue to the next. In the end, Trey was led to a basket full of eggs and candy.

I haven’t seen Trey have so much fun in a long, long time. Wow. In fact, afterwards he spent the rest of the afternoon making his own clues to put in eggs so that we could go on hunts of our own.

Nice work, Heidi!

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Easter Family Photo

Heidi is good about remembering (and bugging me) to take family photos. I’m always getting images of her and Trey but we aren’t all three in the frame together very often.

Here is our 2012 Easter Sunday photo. Heidi is wearing my late grandmother’s hat. Trey was wearing my old cowboy boots and had my dad wore as a kid. I’m wearing my dad’s beard from the 80s.

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Spring Celebration at TBC

Our church has a wonderful annual “Spring Celebration” the weekend of Easter. One of the best things about it is their use of “bunny money” in the eggs instead of just candy. The kids collect the money and use it to “buy” prizes – things like bouncy balls, bubbles, kites, coloring books, etc…

Trey invited his good friend Suri and her sister to the event. They had a great time too. I was proud of Trey when he won the raffle and got a VeggieTales DVD. He already had the movies on it so he gave it to Suri.

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Instagramming Trey

I’ve been addicted to Instagram for several months now. It’s such an easy way to grab snapshots with my phone and it keeps me on the lookout for cool compositions, colors, and textures. Oh, and my cool little boy.

Here are some of my latest Instagram photos of Trey running around being awesome.

Check out my latest Instagram images

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Lego Jackpot!

There are a couple things I regularly check Craigslist for: camera gear, mountain bikes, and Legos. When the Legos do occasionally show up, they are always way over-priced.

This past week I was perusing the Toys listings and saw “Aquaraiders $75″ listed. Just that day, Trey had mentioned to me that there was another Lego underwater series (the current one is “Atlantis”) that was called Aqua Raiders. I checked the ad out and thought they were selling one set for that price. Then I realized they were selling the entire collection for that price! Too good to be true, right?

Nope, I called the number and it was a nice lady whose college-aged son was getting rid of his old toys. He had the entire collection in near mint condition and only wanted $75! Trey and I jumped in the car and went and got it right away. I looked online and the rare collection goes for almost $800! Holy moly! JACKPOT!

Trey has had a blast on his spring break working on assembling it all.

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