Meghan's Field Trip
After much anticipation on Meghan's part, it was the day of her class field trip to the Brookfield Zoo. Never mind that she's been there hundreds of times already. Today was the day her daddy, me, would get to spend time with her and her classmates. Meghan's teacher, Miss Sullivan, has two kindergarten sections. So when we arrived in her classroom this morning, it was controlled mayhem. Somehow, after thirty-three years of teaching kindergarten, Miss Sullivan has field trip organization down to a science (too bad she's retiring at the end of next school year).
We were quickly assembled into our groups. Our group had three kindergarteners: Sammy, Bobby and Meghan. There were the fourth grade buddies: Sara, Cindy, Angelo, Alex and one boy who's name I never did learn. The chaperones were Mary Kate, Frank and me. That made for eleven of us. Soon we were on the school bus along with all of the other groups from Miss Sullivan's classes plus the other morning kindergarten class.
During the bus ride, we traveled through the tail end of rush hour. I realized this was one thing I did not miss from my former life in the corporate world. The rush hour drive. We arrived at the zoo a little before 10:00 and waited on the buses until it was time to go in. For those of you who are not in the Chicago area, I guess I should tell you that it was a miserable day.
It was a cool 40 degrees with a steady drizzle most of the morning. To make it even more uncomfortable there wind was blowing and making it seem even cooler. Despite the weather, we set off in good spirits. The first problem was deciding what to see first. We had a limited amount of time as we had to be back on the bus at 12:40 and also take time for lunch.
Somehow, we decided what to see. We started off at Tropic World. The kids were fascinated by the monkeys. Especially the two baby gorillas! After that we went to see the bear Miss Sullivan adopted. Lunch was next, followed by the dolphins, seals, tigers, lions, elephant house. Suddenly it was time to leave. In spite of the weather, a good time was had by all.
We were quickly assembled into our groups. Our group had three kindergarteners: Sammy, Bobby and Meghan. There were the fourth grade buddies: Sara, Cindy, Angelo, Alex and one boy who's name I never did learn. The chaperones were Mary Kate, Frank and me. That made for eleven of us. Soon we were on the school bus along with all of the other groups from Miss Sullivan's classes plus the other morning kindergarten class.
During the bus ride, we traveled through the tail end of rush hour. I realized this was one thing I did not miss from my former life in the corporate world. The rush hour drive. We arrived at the zoo a little before 10:00 and waited on the buses until it was time to go in. For those of you who are not in the Chicago area, I guess I should tell you that it was a miserable day.
It was a cool 40 degrees with a steady drizzle most of the morning. To make it even more uncomfortable there wind was blowing and making it seem even cooler. Despite the weather, we set off in good spirits. The first problem was deciding what to see first. We had a limited amount of time as we had to be back on the bus at 12:40 and also take time for lunch.
Somehow, we decided what to see. We started off at Tropic World. The kids were fascinated by the monkeys. Especially the two baby gorillas! After that we went to see the bear Miss Sullivan adopted. Lunch was next, followed by the dolphins, seals, tigers, lions, elephant house. Suddenly it was time to leave. In spite of the weather, a good time was had by all.
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