A Fairytale

Once upon a time there was a beautiful little first grader who went on a field trip with her class to the zoo.  On the way, her bus passed Fairytale Town and she recalled fond memories from the last time she visited.  "Please, please, please can we go back to Fairytale Town?" she begged her kind and equally beautiful mother.  :)  The child's mother thought it was a great idea, but alas, the child's hardworking and extremely handsome father had a very busy schedule and no free Saturdays.

Finally, a Saturday was found with no service projects, no anniversary parties, no Classis meetings and no weddings.  The family jumped at the opportunity to share an outing together.  The child and her spunky younger sister literally jumped for joy when they arrived at Fairytale Town.  The first grader said, "Fairytale town is my second most favorite place in the entire world!  My first favorite is Hawaii, even though I have never been there."

The two sisters spent the day happily sliding down the Old Woman's shoe, climbing on the beanstalk and giant's feet, driving Cinderella's pumpkin coach, zig-zagging through a crooked mile, falling down a rabbit hole, playing in Sherwood Forest and visiting all their favorite fairytale animal friends.

Little did the family know that it was a special Farmer Appreciation Day in Fairytale Town, so they enjoyed some fun extra stuff too!  They got to actually pet a bunch of animals-- like bunnies, ponies and chickens.  They got to do a craft with real sheep's wool.

The family got to see the lambs who followed Mary to school get sheared and then see that wool get spun into yarn.  The sheep seemed pleased to receive summer haircuts and didn't put up any fuss about donating their locks.

The family also got to learn about things like honey production from bee farmers and asparagus harvesting from asparagus farmers.  The two sisters and their parents filled their bellies with free samples from the Whole Foods booth and came home with pots of strawberries that they planted themselves.

A fun day was had, thanks to one little first grader's idea to revisit Fairytale Town.  And they all lived happily ever after.