Last week Skip and I joined the girls on their fourth grade class field trip to our state's capitol. We arrived at school at 5:45am, boarded a chartered bus and traveled two hours to the capitol. Lauren napped, Skip worked, Gracie watched a movie, and I listened to an audiobook (IYI: Bossypants).
After a brief stop at the train station/welcome center, our group took the capitol tour. We saw the old state senate room and the rep room, and we saw new Governor Ivey's office. Gov Ivey has the distinction of being the second woman to hold the office.
After a quick walk around all of the governmental buildings, we took a tour of Old Town, where we saw a one room schoolhouse. This was fascinating because the duo's elementary school began as a one room schoolhouse 103 years ago. Their "teacher" was formal and strict and had everyone standing at attention. Afterward, Lauren said, "I liked him. He was very organized."
We also saw the church, a residence, a store and a physician's office.
We went to the planetarium and had a picnic catered by CFA. Afterward, we went back to the Archives for another tour.
Finally, we went to the Rosa Parks Museum which was a favorite of the day. Lauren and Grace love the Rosa Parks story and her simple act of defiance that brought about so much change.
After all that walking about, we had another snack and boarded the bus for home. We arrived back at school at about 6:30pm, and the duo were really tired. George had a baseball game at 7:30pm so we went straight to the park for a game and to reunite with our William George.
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