Samantha's Bowling Field Trip

Samantha's preschool class does two field trips each year; one in the Fall and one in the Spring.  Last October, I took her to Andy T's for a hayride, donuts, cider, and to pick out a pumpkin.  It was so much fun (even if it was probably one of the coldest days that whole month).  For her Spring field trip, it worked out for Steve to take her and then I was able to do other things with Sophia and meet up with them afterwards. 

The students went bowling at a local bowling alley and had a really great time.  There were four students per lane and Sam was able to be with all of her friends.

After having only been bowling one other time in her whole life (the weekend before), she was a natural.

Her final score was an 81.  While she was able to use bumpers, Steve informed me that they weren't that beneficial and that it was still possible to get a "0" on a frame.  She even got a "spare" on the 10th frame!

The kids had pizza at the bowling alley and then headed back to Laingsburg so that they could burn off some excess energy at the park.  It was such a beautiful day, so I then took Sophia up to surprise Sam. 

Samantha was able to get her face painted there (one of the mothers had volunteered to do that for the kids).

She chose a butterfly!

And then Sophia wanted to get her face painted too (of course!).  She chose flowers:

One of the parents surprised the kids and brought popsicles.  What a wonderful treat!

We stayed at the park until close to the girls' naptime.  I knew that they were getting tired and would need to be cleaned up once we got home.  So, as predicted, there was a MAJOR meltdown once we arrived home and the girls found out that we need to clean their faces off before they could take their naps. 

Sam was the most devastated, as you can see:

Regardless of the fact that her perfect day ended on a relatively sad note, she DID tell us after her nap how much fun she had!  And that is all that matters ...