Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

We are so grateful the rain held out for our first field trip to Pepe's Pumpkin Patch in LaSalle. Students had a spectacular time and there were smiles all around. Miss. Holly and "the good witch" were pleasantly surprised with how much our students knew about the life cycle of the pumpkin! Next we headed off on a hayride where we saw a deer and the pumpkin patch. The farmer explained to us the life cycle of the pumpkin and we asked several good questions including " How long does it take to grow?" and "Why does it turn green then orange?" He even showed us how the deer and coyote open up the pumpkins and eat the seeds. Next the good witch directed us through a corn maze where we counted the scarecrows and ran into many dead ends.  She explained that they ground up the corn and us it in many products that we use everyday like gasoline, candy, and tires!  Then we headed back into the greenhouse where we had our aces painted and played hot potato with an apple as a consolation prize. Finally they presented each student with a pumpkin and back on the bus we went....exhausted from a fun filled afternoon!