Kindergarten Field Trip to the Natural History Museum

I was excited when Christian’s teacher asked me if I wanted to join them for their Field Trip to the Natural History Museum on Wednesday because #1 I’d never gone there #2 I love being with my boy at school #3 I especially love being with my boy at fun new places and #4 let’s face it, I’m crazy and I don’t mind being with a bunch of kindergarteners…that is until the sound is bouncing off of the walls of a very narrow bus.  The bus ride was a little scary.  I offered to drive and meet them, but Christian’s teach specifically wanted me to ride on the bus.  *sigh*  I survived though.  The cutest thing was that my own little boy and the kids he ended up sitting with each time would sing songs the whole ride.  It was kind of touching to me; that’s probably what I would have been doing too.  Here’s a photo of Christian on the bus (he didn’t want to sit by me because he had an opportunity to sit by his favorite girl *eye roll*).

Here’s my darling group of six kids.  I was the luckiest parent there because I got the group of the most well-behaved kids.  I’m not sure if this is because Mrs. V thought I couldn’t handle the crazier ones, or if because these kids are all in the same reading group she wanted them together, or that she wants me to keep wanting to help out that she gave me the best group.  I’m happy that these are the ones I got.  The other parents just got four kids each and they seemed to be really done by the time it was over.

Of course the sassiest kid is my own in this picture.  They are so cute in this one waiting outside the museum.

Here are the kids posing under pterodactyl model.  I love that it’s flying, I wish it was a little brighter in the room though. The kids were acting so excited that this woman was taking photos for a brochure for the museum asked if she could take their photos for the brochure. The other kids we let her take their picture from behind looking at the models and because another little girl in my groups mom showed up, we both gave permission for our kids’ picture to be in it too.  Then the lady wanted a photo of us.  She sent me the photos she took so I thought I’d show you.

Christian and Maya looking at some small dinosaur models for the brochure…

Maya’s mom and I.  I look like I’m melting.

Here’s a photo of the kids putting together these neat puzzles of the different bones.

They had a petrified hollowed log and of course Christian went through it.  I think I would have been petrified.  Oink.They had this movie screen thing with a camera so the kids would show up in front of an old western movie.  Mrs. V commented that you could really see the personalities of the kids when they did this.  That makes me wonder about Christian because he looks so serious and thoughtful in this.  He usually is so playful.

Here, the kids are panning for gold specks.  It honestly was ridiculous so this was not my favorite part of the trip.  The Mormon Battalion Museum in San Diego’s panning for gold is way more fun because there chunks of iron pyrite are not the same size as sand…they’re more like little nuggets.

Christian’s class…

It’s a pretty dark photo, but that’s how it was in there.  I wish this turned out better.

After the museum, we stopped by the park and the kids had lunch.  I had such a fun time with these cute good kids…. this photo cracks me up because if you look carefully you can guess what Christian thinks of this cute little girl next to him.

I’m so glad I could go and spend a day with my little guy and that my sweet friend Bernadette was kind enough to watch my little girl so that I could be with my boy.  Thanks Bernadette!