Yesterday both 5th grade and 3rd grade attended a play on Tom Sawyer. Thankfully both my kids are in those grades so I was able to be a chaperone and kill two birds with one stone. Which is to say, I attended a field trip for both my kids but it only cost me 1 day out of work. Heh.
I was technically a driver and had another mom in the car with me. I had to get my car washed prior because dang….the car was a filthy mess. I have been on field trips where I didn’t wash the car first. It’s not a must for me. But there was so much dust inside my car on everything plus the windows were awful. In certain lighting it was hard to see out!
I had 3 girls and 2 boys in my car. The mom chaperone with me belonged to one of the boys. I didn’t know her son or her so I’m glad they paired us up. On the way home I think I even convinced her to chair the Halloween Event next year. Score! She was saying how she wished we had one like another nearby school does, where her bosses child attends. I explained we used to have it, but the chairperson no longer wanted to be in charge of it (it’s a big task) so a few year ago it went away. This mom thinks she might get a couple others involved for next year. Yay!
I really enjoyed the play and especially enjoyed experiencing the reactions of the children in the audience. Kids are so funny. When the scary Indian showed up in the graveyard the kids got scared, when the actors did funny things they all laughed and giggled. When Tom and Becky kissed the audience giggled louder. I was sitting next to the 3rd grade teachers aide for half the show (during intermission Shawna decided she wanted to sit on the other side of me so we switched places). Even the TA was cracking up at the kids reactions.
Paula sat up higher in the seats with her classmates so I wasn’t able to see her reaction. I was a driver for the 3rd grade so sat down with the kids I was in charge of. When we were outside before the show Paula came up and gave me a hug. She was really glad I attended, even though I wasn’t her chaperone per se. Another plus is one of the 5th grade boys in our school was acting/singing in the play. All the children in our school knew him and enjoyed watching him on stage. After the show he signed Paula’s program book. She was impressed. LOL
I just had the best day ever yesterday and forgot I even had a job to go back to today.
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