This was the week for field trips. George had a wonderfully scheduled field trip this past Thursday. School was closed for professional development on Friday, and his Thursday trip created the feeling of a four day weekend - a total score. What was less fortuitous was the 90% chance of rain that had been looming over the trip for about a week.
There's no such thing as bad weather... only bad clothing. We embraced that motto, and wore water proof shoes, rain coats and carefully layered. We were totally fine. By the way, I highly recommend LL Bean's waterproof shoes.
The field trip was to American Village for their Thanksgiving program, and 80% of the program was outdoors. We took a simulated Mayflower voyage, landed on Plymouth Rock, and negotiated with Native Americans. The negotiations took place in the a huge field, and I kept waiting for the bottom to fall out, causing us to sprint back to shelter. Although that was the one time we experienced a steady rain, the rest of the time was just a solid drizzle and was completed tolerable. If anything, the rain added to the experience, at least for George.
Besides, it's kind of hard to complain about a little rain while hearing about the hardships the pilgrims endured.
George and I had a great time with his friends. The girls missed out on this field trip because we had snow flurries back when they were in second grade and scheduled for American Village. I definitely recommend AV, if you have not had a chance to see it, and we may go back with the girls.
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