Walker's 3rd Grade Field Trip AND Market Day!!!

Being asked by my sweet first love

and his precious teacher to go on the

third grade field trip?  Even to

ride on the bus?!???!!!???!

Would.NEVER.ever.Miss.that.Opportunity!!!

ESPECIALLY when my child SAVES

a seat on the bus for his mama!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ms. Swafford's family owns and runs

the Central Texas Olive Ranch in

Georgetown and that's where we went....

It was VERY interesting and cool!!!!!!!!!

Such a great third grade class :)

Hay Ride

He melts my ever lovin' heart....

Their land is beautiful and I love the

family dynamics of the Swafford family:)

Such a neat family!!!

And they have the boy/girl/boy working:)

My heart......

Third Grader.....

Nine years old and just about

the cutest, sweetest, best thing

I've EVER known in my life!

Cade, Ms. Swafford, Walker

Fast friends:)

Amanda and I fell in love with Casey, too! 

The bus ride home was fun(ny)!!!!

One boy begged to ride by me!  ha!!!

But my guy would have nothing of that! ;)

I asked one of W's buddies

to take our picture.

He told me he would take a couple

because they were turning out so good! ;0)

Such stinkers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even a third grader gets tired...

he fell asleep on our way back home that day!

Walker also had MARKET DAY

at school.  He and a friend partnered

and created their entire

business plan on their own!!!

Walker & Chris sold baseball and football cards

AND Big League Chew!

They made their poster themselves and everything!
I so wanted control of this project,

but they didn't need ME!!!  ;(

I didn't even get to see the poster until

Market Day when I came up there!

The "stache" was alllllllllllllll

Walker's idea.  He begged for me to take

him the day before to Fuddruckers to get

some mustaches out of the machines!!!

I had to oblige him this.

He thought the "stache" would really

increase his sales!!!!!!!!!! ;)

A kid from another class sold

goldfish.  The teacher had thought he

meant gold fish crackers...not real ones!!!

Regardless the gold fish were

a HUGE hit!!!!!!!!!!

Walker was so pumped over

"Big Orange"

(Big Blue and Big Blue Jr.,

our former fish, passed on quite some

time ago!!!!!!!!!!!!)

I was so proud of my stache-wearing

entrepreneur.............

They did great and sold everything!!!

Good Job, Guys!

Best third grade teacher EVER!

He was showing me some

of his salesman faces ;)))

Work it, Walker!

He had me hook, line & sinker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Little Brother was also very proud.

He looks forward to his own market

day and getting to wear a stache

just like his big brother did!!!  ;)

On my way out, I saw this precious

little pie running over to see me!!!

Then when I picked her up a few

hours later, she was a pirate!!!!!!!

A very sleepy little pirate!  Arrrr!

While driving home I looked over

at Walker and Big Orange,

and suddenly noticed his hat????

I was like where did you get a

Heart of Texas Fair hat?

"I bought it for five bucks

at market day from Bryson

& Cade.  Isn't it awesome?"

Hilarious!!!

That night and weekend, Facebook was

going crazy with third grade

parents posting gold fish stories. 

Mostly how much everyone

had spent on gold fish bowls & food,

only for the fish to die.

Walker was determined that

Big Orange would make it...

BUT by Saturday evening,

Big Orange had passed away :(

R.I.P.

Big Orange