I have never believed in Murphy's Law, where everything that can go wrong will, nor do I think people should always whine about how horrible their lives are and give the whole, "woe is me" speech. However...have you ever had days/periods of time where you believe Murphy's Law might really exist? I'm not being totally serious of course, but there are days when I can't believe how many things can really get in the way. My life is ridiculously wonderful so I'll stop here. Just throwing it out there after a very frustrating couple of days which have followed an almost laughable series of events.
Just to prove I'm not a downer, here are some pictures of my 2nd graders' field trip to Cracker Country. It is a turn of the century historical site with hands on activities. It was very hot and buggy, but the kids had a really good time despite the fact that I thought they were going to die of hunger since we ate at 12:15 instead of 11:00 as usual. :)
Making candles
Inside of one of the old houses they transported here
Making Butter
Ironing
Getting the juice out of sugar cane to make into honey
Train depot
A turn of the century house
The kids were worn out after just trying some chores for a few hours! I think it was good for them. Too bad most went home to video games.
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Well I hope the next couple of days, weeks, years, etc. are full of "if it can go right, it will go right" moments. I miss you! Love the field trips...hope they're as fun as a teacher as they were as a kid!
Cracker Country!! What a blast from the past! I went there in elementary school and haven't thought about it since.
No offense-- but it is a very real torture to take a trip like that in this heat. Poor kids... POOR YOU!!
were is cracker country...I have never heard of that before?
sorry about your bad couple of days! i can't believe i forgot about cracker country...i actually remember making those candles and planting some seeds in the little farm area and making butter!
what a fun fieldtrip.
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