Today I took the children to a nearby town to pick up some venison from a meat locker.  I had explained to the children that the deer we were going to get would not look at all like a deer, but rather much like the hamburger we see in the store.  When we got there and I ran in to get the meat, I was amazed to see a glass wall separating the waiting area from the working area.  Right there on big tables were deer carcasses being processed!  So I ran back out to the van and brought all the children in to see.  Isaac was grossed out and returned to the van rather quickly.  But the rest of us watched the “middleman” do his thing.  We even brought home a souvenir bone for Mac!

Once we got home and unloaded the meat into the freezer, I thought back to how much fun it had been to have an impromptu field trip.  And our reminder of the fun is a deer leg bone bigger than our little dog.