Preschool Fieldtrips: Zoo and Louie's Pizza

I can't believe that Allie has made it through a whole year of preschool and we are at the END of the school year; the time sure does go fast.  Allie is growing up so much.  Over the year we have gone into and are working our way out of (thankfully) a sassy, fit throwing, independent, difficult year of the three's.  Wow!!!  It was definitely worse than the two's.   Things are on the up and up and I am enjoying my sweet little girl again and learning to work through our Miss Independence issues.  

We celebrated our last weeks of school with a few field trips.  The first one we took was to the zoo for letter "z."  The kids had a great time running around together.  I can't believe this was the only picture that I ended up getting (I am really bad with my camera lately). 

The following week for our class party, we teamed up with another preschool and hit Louie's Pizza for a one-on-one pizza making session and tour of the pizza restaurant.  What a big hit this was, not only for the kids, but the mom's learned some interesting facts too.

Here are all the kids getting a lesson from none other than "Louie" himself.  Louie is the owner of the restaurant and I was so impressed that he would take the hour out of his schedule that he did to show the kids some of his pizza making skills and to give us a tour of his kitchen.

Allie spreading on her sauce; a daddy's girl at heart.  She ended up not putting on a lot of sauce, probably because her own daddy doesn't like too much sauce.

Next went the cheese and then the pepperoni.  One great fact that I learned was that the restaurant gets their cheese in 42 pound blocks and the restaurant goes through around 4-5 blocks each night.  That's a lot of cheese!

Some more friends working hard on their pizzas

After working hard on the pizzas and putting them into the oven, we took a tour of the kitchen.  We then got to reap the rewards of our hard work.  A yummy pepperoni pizza:)  I have to say "we" because I tried this yummy thin crusted pizza and I definitely will be going back to Louie's to indulge in some more.  

Thanks Louie's!!!

Are You My Mother?

The other day Blake found Max on the street and he had found some new friends.  Blake said it was hilarious to watch Max walk around with these ducks.  Max wasn't quite sure what they were or what he should do; he just followed them around at the back of the pack. 

He kept his distance at first just watching them waddle down the road

Trying to get a little close, chasing them off the opposite direction

He stopped to soak this all in and question what he should do.  I always wonder what capacity of thinking animals have.  Do you think he realized the ducks were not his "mother?"  He sure enjoyed his time with these ducks:)

Max then decided to get right back in line and follow them around a little bit more.  Max, we sure love having you around.  You always bring a little bit of excitement and laughter into our home.