Friday Field Trip

Friday, December 07, 2007

Friday Field Trip

Ever since Ammon started school I have been wanting to make a habbit of going on a Friday Field Trip. It seems perfect since he goes to school Monday-Thursday. It gives us something to do with our day and a fun chance to do things together at least once a week.

Sadly for me, Friday Field Trips have been more of an idea in the back of my mind than a reality for me and my children.

Thank goodness for a fun sister who does EVERYTHING imaginable with her kids. She called me up today and invited us to join their outing. Shockingly, our babies were on the same nap schedule (that pretty much NEVER happens) so it even worked out for us to all go together.
So, when Peter and Isaiah woke up from their naps, the boys and I headed to Katy's house where we all loaded into her mini-van and off we went to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point.

It was a great day for the kids. Sometimes we seem to just run through there, but today the kids seemed to be enthralled with the museum every step of the way. We spent hours there.
Of course, everything is decked out in Christmas stuff, which is always fun. Even some of the dino's were dressed appropriately for the holidays.

Carolyn, Kylie and Ammon always have so much fun together. It doesn't always go perfectly, but we do seem to have a lot of good times. I know that Ammon will really miss those two when we move.

After going through the museum, we got some icecream. Blue Bubblegum icecream for all! What a fun, sticky mess! I sure am glad for days like these. Thanks Katy!

3 comments:

AnonymousDecember 8, 2007 at 9:15 AM
Looks like so much fun! Sad I had to miss it. Just think though I got to get yelled at! lol.
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JennyDecember 8, 2007 at 11:06 AM
you make me smile!
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UnknownDecember 8, 2007 at 9:14 PM
What a fun day! It seems like the days where you do fun things go smoother and everyone is so much happier (for the most part of course).
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