Field trip

Friday i chaperoned Ella's field trip to the zoo. I was not looking forward to riding a charter bus full of kindergartners for an hour. Melissa was here so i had a sitter and felt like i should be an active parent. *pat on my back* Anyway, when i arrive i find that the chaperoning i had in my head and their chaperoning were different. I thought we would all walk together and i would simple make sure all the kids stayed together. Like herding cattle. Well, turns out they gave me three kids and when we got off the bus they were mine. All bathroom breaks, lunch, what exhibits, gift shop, etc. were all left up to me. All i had to do was show up for the train ride at 12 and the bus at 1:30. Other than that they didn't care as long as i still had all three kids. At least this was easier than my normal four. Ella puts on her field trip t-shirt and i began reading all my rules the zoo had. My second little girl shows up, Brianna. Still waiting on Phillip. I continue reading.....BLAHH UGHHHH BLAHHHH, SPLAT cough cough, SPLAT. Phillip was here...and sick. He was sent to the clinic and i only had the two girls for the day. After the drive (trust me you want me to skip the drive) the girls and i headed towards the Cheetah and Giraffe's. We were conquering the zoo methodically. We saw everything.

Ella petted the giraffe,

deer,

armadillo,

Alpaca,

and emu,

and then we fed the birds.

Saw the alligators and crocodiles, monkeys, more birds, took a train ride,

had lunch and headed home. After a little gift story shopping, of course.

The girls were great and i liked being able to do our own thing. Long ride home but Melissa and the boys were waiting on us when we got back.