Field Trip II – The Sequel

As many of you might remember from an earlier post I am not an enthusiastic fan of second grade fields trips but alas today I was dragged kicking and screaming on yet another adventure in Extracurricular Land. This was supposed to be Michele’s turn on the big yellow school bus with children who believe it is their mission in life to dart away from their chaperone at every possible chance. But no, my husband found some other task that would prevent him from all this fun – something about digging trenches in the backyard for trees he’s moving about.....how convenient of him to finally get to the project I’ve been telling him to start for nearly two years. Now I’m not one who believes much in conspiracy theories but I was a bit suspicious on this one…..

So were did I go with the little people? We spent the morning at the Gilbert Historical Museum. Now I didn’t even know that Gilbert, Arizona had a history but evidently it does, in fact when I made this comment to Max’s classroom assistant she smiled sweetly and replied, “I’ve lived in Gilbert my whole life and so has the rest of my family.” Gulp, the New York snob officially sticks foot in mouth!

All in all this trip was much easier than the hike up the mountain (no kidding!) and the only sticky moment came when we visited the replica of the first pharmacy in Gilbert – Max pointed to one of the potions and exclaimed in his typical “inside voice”, “That looks like one of the creams Daddy puts on his fanny when it itches.” Ouch! I haven’t related that one to Michele yet and I think I might just keep it a secret between me and 24 second graders.

Thank God the end of the school year is on the horizon!