Today Shailyn's 4th grade class had a field trip to the State Capitol and Pioneer Museum. I volunteered to go along (before realizing it was a 5 HOUR field trip!), mainly because I don't get a lot of alone time with just Shailyn. We got up this morning and I got the girls off to school, Chelsey came and picked up Austin (She is doing carpool while Tim is out of town ~ THANK YOU CHELSEY, you are a life saver!!). As I was getting myself ready, my neighbor came over to complain about "that barking dog" which would be Navy, the newest addition to our family. So I put Navy into her kennel for the day and headed over to the school. Let me just mention, that is not the best way to start your day when you plan on spending hours with 100+ 9 / 10 year olds! 
The bus ride is always my least favorite part about going on field trips, and come to find out Shailyn doesn't like them much either. By the time we got to the Capitol, Shailyn and I both had a headache, but decided we would try to make the best of it, and we did! There were so many parent volunteers (WOW!) that each group only had 3 kids which made the day very enjoyable! We were dropped off at the Capitol, and then walked down to the Pioneer Museum. We only had an hour to spend there, which was not enough time! Afterward, we walked back to the Capitol and got to go on a tour. What a great experience for the kids! They took us on a tour of the main parts of the building, which is absolutely beautiful! Then they took us through the House of Representatives, the old Supreme Court (It has been moved to the Matheson Court House), the Governor’s office and then to the Senate. Senate President Michael Waddoups took the whole class on a tour of where the press meets during the senate session, and he took them into the room where the sessions are held. I was very impressed with him and how he handled all the children and besides that, he let us take pictures!
-Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
The bus ride is always my least favorite part about going on field trips, and come to find out Shailyn doesn't like them much either. By the time we got to the Capitol, Shailyn and I both had a headache, but decided we would try to make the best of it, and we did! There were so many parent volunteers (WOW!) that each group only had 3 kids which made the day very enjoyable! We were dropped off at the Capitol, and then walked down to the Pioneer Museum. We only had an hour to spend there, which was not enough time! Afterward, we walked back to the Capitol and got to go on a tour. What a great experience for the kids! They took us on a tour of the main parts of the building, which is absolutely beautiful! Then they took us through the House of Representatives, the old Supreme Court (It has been moved to the Matheson Court House), the Governor’s office and then to the Senate. Senate President Michael Waddoups took the whole class on a tour of where the press meets during the senate session, and he took them into the room where the sessions are held. I was very impressed with him and how he handled all the children and besides that, he let us take pictures!
-Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.
I went on a fieldtrip with Kaedyn's class once when she was in the third grade. It was the first and last one I went on. I suppose I should work on that.
ReplyDeleteSounds like my kind of field trip! Sounds like a good time. I can't wait to do that stuff with Aubree.
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