Michael and His field trip

Yesterday morning Michael Jr did not want to get out of bed.
His class was going on a field trip to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach and his buddy was not going to be able to go.
For public school here, we have to pay for the kids to go on these trips and this one was a bit pricey I thought. This was why his bud could not go. So anyway Michael did not think he really wanted to go on this field trip. He said it would be dumb.
"Why?" I asked him.
"We have been there before Mom! You make us learn every thing before we go anywhere, then we have to learn while we are there. Man this is gonna stink! I know my teacher is gonna be the same as you. I don't wanna go." This was his reply.
Too bad he felt that way because I already had paid, so he was going.
As we were heading out the door to jump in the van for our school carpool he mentions to me that he is allowed to take a camera on his trip. He can't take electrical devices but maybe a camera that you can throw away if we have one. Since I got my digital camera a few years back I really have not had a need to purchase any disposables and we were running late, as usual.

Devoted mom that I am, or sucker if you prefer, drove all the munchkins to their different schools, including my son. Then I drove to the closest Walgreen's and jumped out with the baby. Then I went inside the store in my oh so beautiful house cleaning dirty sweats outfit with no makeup and hair that needed serious help, to not be able to find the stupid disposable cameras that are right in front of the Photo area (duh!). Then ran the camera back up to the school. Yes I had to get out of the van again, in my classy ensemble, to grab a visitors pass in the front office so that I could run out to the playground to get my son his camera before school started and he left on his trip. I made it. Yay me!

I know he was glad I did that because he is so proud of taking pictures while he was there. He has a story for each one. I still have to develop them but he has told me all about each shot already. He did say that he had a great time there to. "Wow, there were different things there then when we went " he told me. So now he wants for us all to go back so he can show us all the new stuff that he learned on his adventure.




He also got to go on this adventure on a bus.
No not a big yellow school bus like I expected.
That is the kind of bus that I always took as a kid going on a field trip.
No he got to go on a Charter Bus.
How totally Luxurious.



Yeah, nice seats, no stinky smell, air conditioning and heat, and they got to see a Harry Potter movie on the way there. Then Jimmy Neutron movie on the way back.
Sweet!
That ended up being really great for them since they were 2 hours late coming home due to the traffic and the rain that Southern Californians can't drive in.
The teacher that planed the bus was very smart. If I was going to be stuck in a small confined space with 80 children 9 or 10 years old I would want to make them comfortable too. That makes the trip that much better for you.

It sounds like he had a really great memory making day yesterday.
I am so glad I made him go.