I would generally start out a post like this saying "Well, we decided to take Hannah and the kids on a little excursion to the Dinosaur Museum." Sadly, I can't say that. Oh, the tragedy of working for a year-round school.
So here's the accurate start:
"Emilee and the kids took Hannah for a fun day at the Dinosaur Museum while Jon got to go to school and try to keep some semblance of order in his classroom full of rowdy, ready-for-summer kids."
It looks like they all had a good time. According to Kimber, they got to see dinosaur bones, but not dinosaurs because "those dinosaurs aren't real." Patrick also had fun, and was really excited to show off a green rubber seaweed thingey he bought for $2.50. He says it's really a centipede, but my first guess was seaweed.
There was also apparently a big group of kids who were there together. It was obvious that they were a big group because they were all about the same age (7-9) and all wore matching bright green shirts that happened to look exactly like the shirt Patrick wore. So the leaders of the group kept calling Patrick, chastising him for wandering off, and admonishing him to "please, stay with the group."
Sam kept telling me, in excited tones and with some vocal nuances that implied I should be stunned by the news ... even after being told several times repeatedly — that Hannah came along too. Sam enjoyed telling me, over and over, all the cool things he showed Hannah—and that he helped her learn what a dinosaur was.
I guess she didn't know beforehand. What do they teach in schools these days?
So it all looked like a blast. But it's okay that I missed it, because I got to laugh at a student who thought Tremonton, Utah was the ideal vacation spot (5th graders are putting together a PowerPoint on their dream vacation, and that's what he chose—seriously come on ... everyone in the universe knows that Kaysville, Utah's the greatest place in the world to visit). So it all evens out in the end.
