Field Trips

Today Owen is going on his very first field trip with his preschool class.  And of all the places they could possibly go, The Powers That Be chose the Rec Camp, which is good because, let's face it, Owen is now 3 1/2 years old and it's high time he's introduced to the drinking and excessive get-a-room PDA that off-duty soldiers partake in out there.  At least all the money we are spending at that joint is getting him an education.

Haley is also on a field trip, but they are only going to the boring Pumpkin Patch.  Haley took $1.50 so she will be allowed to buy a small pumpkin, and that means that shortly after she gets in the car after school today (shortly meaning approximately 1.2 seconds) there will be loud fighting and crying because other people in the car will want to touch and hold her pumpkin, which means Haley will not be touching or holding her pumpkin, which will lead her to believe that certain other people may think her pumpkin belongs to them, and on and on and then finally all hell will break loose and I'll have to take away the pumpkin.  And everyone will sulk and I will feel all deja-vu-ish, because this happened last year, and last year I said Okay, there will be no more money for pumpkins at the pumpkin patch, and I will have no one to blame for all this except Scott, who gave Haley the $1.50.   

Haley also needed to pack her lunch in a disposable container today, as it is too much to ask for children to keep up with lunchboxes on field trips.  Luckily I had a paper bag from my last trip to the liquor store for her to use.  It's just one more purpose that heavy drinking serves.