A field trip on his birthday!

A field trip followed by a birthday party? It's GREAT to be a GRIZZLY!

Wakulla Springs National Park

First, we got out a little energy on the playground!

We had an early lunch.

Followed by their famous boat tour. It lived up to it's potential as we saw about 20 (I'm not exaggerating here) alligators and even more turtles and birds.

My birthday boy.

Just one of the many alligators we saw.

Sunbathing Turtles

Turtles line up

Yet another alligator

Can you see him in the background of this picture (click on the photo to enlarge)? It gives you an idea of just how close we were to them.

It's so pristine and beautiful.

Drying out his feathers in the sun.

My favorite tree.

Class photo op. The boy in the red towel had to be convinced to go on the boat ride as he is a non-swimmer. As the kids were running off the boat, excited to go on to the next activity, he was accidentally pushed and fell into the marshy spring waters (where the temperature is always a chilly 70 degrees). It scared him to death and scared those of us chaperoning even more (if that was possible). A quick-acting mom saw it happen and yanked him out, but not before he had completely gone under water. To make matters worse, the only dry clothes we had were "girl clothes". Poor kid.

Back at school, we continued our fun day with birthday cupcakes for Logan's classmates.

We hand-delivered the leftovers to Logan's favorite teachers and staff members. We had to stop by Gavin's class, of course, since Mrs. Zetrouer was at the top of our list!

What a fabulous birthday!