Friday, June 27, 2008

I went on a FIELD TRIP!!!

So yesterday I volunteered to along with Mackenzie's class to the Butterfly House. I love going to the Butterfly House, and of course the whole "photo op" thing had me excited as well. Upon arrival to Mackenzie's school I was assigned another student to watch in addition to Mackenzie. His name was Ryan. . .and he was an angel the ENTIRE trip. Seriously. He deserved the gold star for the day!! Mackenzie on the other hand. . .not so much an angel. I am not sure if she was just overly excited that I was there, or jealous of Ryan, or just in a bad mood, whatever it was, she was determined that she was not going to let either of us enjoy the trip.

Have you ever been in the Butterfly House?? If not, you must go, but be warned, it feels like it is about 90 degrees w/100% humidity. Seriously. They spray water out every now and then to keep it humid for the butterflies. So it's HOT and HUMID. I was wearing my work clothing (basically meaning pants and a polo), carrying my purse (overly heavy), AND my camera bag (VERY HEAVY). So that, in addition to trying to pay attention to one very good little boy, and one onery little girl (who kept running away from me!), had me sweating. Literally. It was so gross. So needless to say, there were lame threats about punishment, and the limp threat about leaving. Mackenzie of course thought leaving was a great idea. . .so that ended up being more of a reward than a punishment. GRRRRRRRR. She did loose cartoons for the evening. At least I got to relax last night!!!

All in all the trip was fun. But next time, Matt is going with me!!! Here are a few pics. . .











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