Jack's Spring Field Trip

I can't usually chaperone the kids' field trips because they take all day and I'm not allowed to bring Luke.  Jack's most recent field trip was shorter than a lot of the other ones, though, because everything took place at the BYU Campus, so I was able to make arrangements with two different friends to take care of Luke so that I could attend.

We started out at the Bean Museum.  There were six kids in my group and I'd like to go on the record as saying that 8-year-olds are difficult to wrangle, so having six really kept me on my toes.  They wanted to go every which way, and I wasn't given a long rope to have all of them hold on to, and I tried really hard to keep my voice at a respectable museum level, and by some miracle I didn't lose anybody.

I get a kick out of these pictures because I had one member of my group who was less than thrilled about the museum when we first arrived.  See if you can guess which one.  He warmed up a little by the time we were leaving.







From the Bean Museum, we found a quiet place outside to eat our bagged lunches, then we walked across campus to the Eyring Science Building for a show at the planetarium.  The only picture I have from here is when we were in the lobby, which is full of interactive science displays, and the kids were gathered around the Foucault Pendulum, somewhat mesmerized.  I was nervous that the planetarium show was too advanced for 3rd graders (even though the staff chose a show that wasn't terribly technical) but Jack really enjoyed it and enjoyed sharing facts he learned with his siblings when they were reunited.

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