A Day At The Dairy

I now know what the term "It seems like only yesterday ..." really means.  As I escorted my daughter on the preschool field trip to Rutter's Dairy today I could remember walking through the same building and around the path leading through the farms with my son as if it were only yesterday ... but that was about three years ago.

My daughter was only a baby when my son was in preschool.  I would carry her against my hip every day I had to pick him up or drop him off to school and she would accompany us on most, but not all, of the field trips.  Now I'm doing all of this for her as she isn't a baby but a student of the same class.  Every paper she brings home and everything she learns is the same as my son.  Next month she will graduate and be on her way to the public school system.  I will no longer have any preschoolers or any little toddlers about to become preschoolers.  It's sad, actually.

Can we find a way to slow down time?

The field trip was a lot of fun.  The kids had a chance to learn where the milk comes from and how it goes from the cow and every step until it goes to the stores.  We even had a chance to meet some cows and a few goats too.

When my husband got home our daughter said, "That field trip was really great!"

I love these bonding moments I have with her.