Field Trip Day

I was so excited to spend field trip day with Ethan at the Ft. Worth Children's Museum. But the day didn't turn out quite like I had planned. In fact, I could've used a bottle of wine and some Ibuprofen after we got home! I thought myself and the other moms would tag along with Ethan's teacher and the entire class. Oh no. Each of the mom's was assigned a group of kids to be in charge of for the day. Once we got there we got our group and then could take them anywhere in the museum only meeting back together for lunch and to leave. Right. Not exactly what I thought I signed up for.

Yipes! That's a giant group of first graders! I was grateful for the yellow vests they all had to wear.

My little group of heathens, I mean kids. The two girls were fine. Ethan was silly. And the other two boys were wild. Like literally rolling/bouncing/runnimg through the halls of the museum. And I might have temporarily lost a kid or two. It was like herding cats!

We watched a 3D movie about discovering natural gas underground when we first got there. Not too fascinating for a first grader. But they did enjoy the special effects. Like getting spit on by a dinosaur.

Learning about dinosaurs.

I think there was a snake in there.

Dr. Hernandez, pediatrician.

I couldn't get them out of the water exhibit outside.

I couldn't watch them spin on this thing without getting a headache. Barf.

I made a lot of paper airplanes. That is a little contraption that shoots them into the air. Pretty fun.

The dino dig is always a favorite! And I liked that the kids were contained and I could sit down. :-)

Lunch!

After lunch we went to the "Grossology" exhibit which was...gross. But I also thought it was interesting from a medical standpoint. I wish I could've sat with Ethan and explained everything to him but I was too busy losing children.

Here they are learning about how you burp.

This thing talked and moved around and taught about snot. Get it...he's a faucet..."my nose is dripping like a faucet."

Ethan climbing on a pimple wall. Totally disgusting.

I thought this was clever. You climb in the mouth, slide down the esophagus into the stomach, then get pooped out the end. Grossology...love it! I tried to get a picture of Ethan coming out of the colon but he didn't think it was funny. I did!

Life size Operation game!

Yep, that's a giant nose you can walk into.

All done with the photo ops. Hot, tired, thirsty, and he wanted to go home.

Hmmm...do you think they were exhausted? I know I was!