Thankful Moments ~ Through Their Eyes

Thankful Moments ~ Day  6

Favorite Moment:  Spending the day at the State Capitol with the fourth grade class was quite an experience.  Aside from the generalized feeling of herding cats,  I was impressed at how interested they all were.  This is the first field trip where camera devices were encouraged, and I was struck at how different their experiences in this digital age were than mine as a kid.  They all had smart devices, dsi's or cameras and were taking pictures non-stop through the tour. 

Our State Capital is truly a gorgeous building, it reminds me of some palaces that I went through in Europe.  As a transplant to Wisconsin, I thoroughly enjoyed experiencing a state history lesson with Charles on this election day.

Food for Thought:  "Most of us are creatures so comforted by habit, in can take something on the order of religion to invoke new, more conscious behaviors---however glad that we may be afterward that we went to the trouble."  Barbara Kingsolver--Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

Sidney's Slant:   "My boredom is building up in me like a fiery chasm of doom."  Yep, not at all a writer in training!

Song of the Day:  Hard Headed Woman ~ Cat Stevens

Please join me for a month of Thankful Moments inspired by Thanksgiving Comes First.

A Day Away

 Today I had a fantastic and tiring day with Charles' class on a field trip to the Milwaukee Public Museum.  The kids are in the midst of their Africa Unit, an amazing experience that I'm proud to have my second (second grade) child participate in.  It was also strangely relaxing to be unplugged and away from the disturbing events happening here.  The kiddos had a blast and amazed me with their knowledge of all things Africa.  They soaked in the museum like a sponge on crack.  They moved so fast and absorbed so much that it was hard to keep up.  Yet, they get it.  We are lucky enough to have a butterfly habitat at the museum where the kids can go in and see chrysalis' hatch, and walk among hundreds of butterflies who flitter, flutter and ultimately land on them.  A day that does the heart good in heavy times.  I am proud of our kids and their amazing, patient, inventive teachers who so beautifully expand their minds.  I hope that in depth programs like these will be available to kids who come after mine and will continue to enrich my children. 

I will have to talk about this fantastic sweater that I got from The Painted Daisy in my new found etsy habit, thanks Beth for addicting me!