I got to go with Owen's class to the Planetarium today!!! It was a lot of fun and the kids did awesome. It was way too much to ask of this age group. They had to sit quietly through a movie about telescopes and then a presentation on the solar system. It was shocking that they could all behave so well. Of course, all but three kids had at least one parent there with them...says something about the type of family sending their kids to this school! We had more than one adult for every kid!! We needed it though, I swear, I don't know how those teachers keep up with that much energy!! The weather was awesome too....77 in the shade! It was crazy hot!!! We had pizza at Goose Lake next to UAA for lunch and when we walked passed the lake and a couple of ducks, I overheard the teacher tell one of the parents that the class walked to the duck pond across from the school yesterday. I would guess that little outing has something to do with the conversation Owen and I had earlier that morning when we passed Westchester Lagoon full of ducks. He pointed them out to me and then said, "you need to put those ducks up mommy". I tried to explain the concept of "wild", but I think it's fair to assume that he thinks I've lost my mind....
The best part of the whole trip for Owen was the bus ride....they could have skipped everything else and just driven him around town, you would have thought it was a limo! What you wouldn't have thought about was the fact that out of the 25 little ones on the bus, not one of them could even come close to putting their feet on the floor. That doesn't seem like a big deal until you ride in a school bus again...they are bumpy and tend to rock from side to side and to add insult to injury, this particular bus driver would wait to the last second to decide to stop for a red light and then have to slam on the brakes!! Trying to keep 25 little ones from bouncing right out of their seats was challenging enough to wear us out all on its own!!!! ;O)
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