pineapple fields forever

at the first of the year deli's preschool took a fieldtrip to the dole pineapple plantation. it was pretty awesome... and gwen was super duper stoke that she got to come too!

we started with fish feeding...

then train riding... gwen was kinda freaking out on the train. she was hungry. and there were no buckles... and the whistle. oh the whistle... so the pics are limited cause the cuddles were overflowing.

yep, a tractor. my girls LOVE large equipment. tractors. cranes. steam rollers, digger trucks. (i don't know the technical terms...) they were in large equipment heaven seeing tractor after tractor... 

the maze. i think we got just a little lost in the maze.
man that maze is a beast... well i mean if you have a stroller involved and can't take the shortcuts. it was a beast.

not mine.

 (there's no way the pathways are that big... no way.)

the first time we ever went to dole we fell for the oyster lady's sneaky sales ways.

has anyone else fallen for it?? please say yes...

she shows you this cool clam/oyster shell and says, "open it! if there's a pearl inside you get to keep it!"

and i thought WHOA!

and case thought WHOA!

and we opened it.

and there was a pearl.

and we were so excited! i mean what are the chances?!?!

OURS HAD A PEARL!! no way!!

and then her hand is extended towards us.

palm up and open.

and she said something about how once you open a oyster you have to buy the pearl....

i still have that pearl. in a box. somewhere.

the girls were limp noodles the rest of the day, completely exhausted, went to bed early.

that's what i call a good fieldtrip.