HyVee is a Grocery Store

We had a field trip today.  Most of us came to school with a grown up and the grown ups stayed!  Why did they stay at school?  Well, today was our trip to HyVee.  HyVee is a grocery store.  We have all been there with our parents, but we got to see things that we have never seen before.

The first thing that we got to do was go back in the back room where they store the groceries.  Our tour guide, Kristin, showed us back behind the swinging doors.  Then we went to see the lobsters in the water tank.  They are so cool because they are alive.  They moved all around while we were watching them.  We also got to see all of the meat in the meat case.  Did you know that there are great big fish in there?  They are dead, but you can buy them and cook them and eat them.

We also got to go to the bakery.  We even went behind the counter and saw where the big mixing machines and ovens were.  There was a cookie decorator there and guess what?  We got to see a cookie being decorated.  And it was for us!

After we saw the bakery we went over by the deli and we saw all of the cheeses that they sell.  We got a piece of cheese to eat.  Yum.  Then we got a fortune cookie too.  We love the grocery store.

On Thursday we saw most of the same things that the other class got to see, except we did some extra stuff.  We got to go into the dairy cooler.  Brrr.  It was cold in there.  We also got to go into the big semi truck!  What?  Yes.  That was so neat.  Did you know that those trucks bring food to the HyVee stores?  Sometimes they use a special motorized cart called a pallet mover to move all of the food around.  Guess what?  We got to beep the horn of the pallet mover!  Now that was fun.

When we got back to school it was time to hang up our coats and get ready for snack.  Jordan brought applesauce for us.  Thank you, Jordan.  On Thursday we brought our cookies back to school and enjoyed cookies and string cheese for our snack.  Thank you, Evelyn.  We also got to eat the great big, decorated cookie that HyVee made for us.  A lot of the parents stayed and watched us play.  Then it was time to go home.  We will see you next week.