Field trip!

Ava went on her first ever field trip today! I'm not gonna lie, when I found out her preschool did field trips my initial reaction was, "Field trips? For 3 & 4 year olds? No way!" But they do indeed! I'm still not sure how I feel about it, but I think Ava had a pretty good time. I was able to be a mom volunteer (they even gave me a certificate! Yay!) and it was fun. I forget how much I love to be around little kids that age. They are all sooooo cute, and it's just so fun to talk and interact with them.


They rode the bus there and I was so sad I could not be there when Ava had her first experience riding a school bus, but no parents were allowed on the bus. Anyway they went to the first station and had a tour of the fire house. The guy giving the tour was such a good sport. He kept asking questions way beyond them, but the kids all thought he was so great. Ava behaved SO WELL until she realized I was there. I was helping these other kids and she heard my voice. She frantically looked around until she found it. From that point on she just wanted to sit with me, correction not with me, on top of me. She would not let go of my hand and would not let me out of her sight. We looked at their gear, the fire trucks, the fire boat (who knew?), their beds & kitchen, and of course, the fire pole.






She's so cute in her little handkerchief (3rd from the left)! Her best friend Banks is right next to her in the red shirt.
















All the kids watching a mom put on all the fire gear. It all weighed 60 lbs!













Ava on the truck with her friend Hayley.















The fireman asked all the kids if they had any questions and Ava promptly raised her hand. She asked him, "Where is the doggie with spots? You know, the white one and black one." I guess she thought every fire station came with a dalmatian.


My daughter being anti-social. She refused to sit with her group once she knew I was there.





















Toward the end she started having a meltdown because her teacher made her be in the picture with the other kids and she couldn't stand with me.











Can you find her back there?






















I got her to wave even though she's crying.













I knew trouble would really start when she had to get back on the bus without me. She really lost it when she was getting on the bus and I took off.









Wildly searching for me. This made it really hard for me. I didn't want to sit there and watch her, but I couldn't leave. She couldn't see me though, and that's what matters I guess.





And that concludes this session of "A day in the life of Ava Trochez". Honestly, it is difficult for me to let her go to school. I have never been away from her this much, and I don't enjoy being away from her. She tells me all morning she doesn't want to go, but then she loves it once she gets there. We'll see where all this goes I suppose. I enjoyed being there, and I even love my daughter when she's screaming.