Ezra’s first field trip of the year was last Wednesday and, of course, I went along to chaperone. It was a community based field trip, similar to Finn’s last month. This time, we were taking a school bus to Vons for a tour and shopping. We would then donate the groceries we bought to a local food bank. It was a great opportunity for the kids to put some of the stuff they’ve been learning about healthy foods into practice. Here are some photos.
First, the other chaperones and I admired the quiet (and I mean quiet!) reading time in Ezra’s literacy class as the adults worked out the kinks of the trip. I couldn’t believe that the kids could manage to concentrate with the excitement of the trip, but they did!
First stop was Vons. Each group of five students had $17 to spend on healthy groceries to be donated. Here’s my group.
And here they are shopping. (Thank goodness another mom joined our group, because kids are crazy in the grocery store.)
Next we got a tour of the store, including the back room which was pretty cool.
And the butcher area which was pretty gross.
Then, thank goodness, Vons gave us a snack and we had a little break before heading back on the bus.
Next stop was the food bank at Friends in Deed.
We dropped off a ton of food and got a tour of the pantry from the nice folks who work there.
We then headed back on the bus to our final destination, La Pintoresca Park for lunch and play time. Ezra found this cozy spot to eat his lunch.
Most of the boys, Ezra included, were more interested in watching the skateboarders than eating their lunch.
And finally, it was time to head back to school. Here’s my little bus-rider.
Later that night when I asked Ezra how he liked the field trip, he asked if people were allowed to donate food to the food bank at any time. When I said, yes, he said, “We should do that again!”