My current work experience of herding blind cats along should be adequate preparation for tomorrow's task at hand: chaperoning a museum trip for 32 youngsters, all between the ages of 3 1/2 and 6. I don't know if they will be convinced to continue holding sweaty hands for the entire duration of the trip, or if I and the other "adult" chaperones will take turns running after individual red-shirted tots who decide to sporadically stray from the pack.
I am really looking forward to it-I enjoy visiting the classroom and the kids are just so funny, with their assorted runny noses and all. I was treated to an ee cummings-like re-telling of the Spongebob Squarepants movie last month when I went to join The Governor's class for lunch one day:
patrick starfish, he flew in and crashed
spongebob stole king neptune's crown
no he didn't yes he did
plankton did
hey hey (shirt tugging) plankton stole king neptunes crown
spongebob and patrick drove the burger car
Tomorrow will be fun-a little scary for a woman who really doesn't think of herself as an "adult" even though she's held a professional job and has had parental status for the past handful of years. Maybe that's why I eagerly volunteered to chaperone: I feel more comfortable in a group of preschoolers than anyone else.
Posted by equilibrium-girl at May 23, 2005 12:18 PMOh my, I remember the preschool field trips now . . . thanks for the jolt of nostalgia! And the movie recap--I laughed out loud. Enjoy the field trip. Can't wait to hear about it.
Posted by: Nancy at May 23, 2005 05:32 PMHeehee..hanging out with little kids is fun...
Posted by: teahouseblossom at May 26, 2005 08:06 PM