The Field Museum

Hadleigh and the rest of her class went to the Field Museum at the end of March.  I was picked to be one of the chaperones.  I was so excited. I haven't been there since Ashton went when he was in 2nd grade.  

Hadleigh was super, super excited.  I haven't been able to go on a field trip with her since preschool.  I wasn't picked for the Kindergarten trip.  (If too many moms or dads want to go, they put the names in a hat and draw names.  I wasn't picked for Ashton or Hadleigh for their Kindergarten trips, but I just found out yesterday that I was picked for Sawyer's.  I'm thrilled!)  Last year I was picked for her 1st grade trip, but I ended up in the ER that morning with appendicitis.  Luckily, Jerry was off so he was able to go with her.  

We had to take a sack lunch on this trip and they suggested that we bring a paper sack so we could dispose of everything.  I had to buy paper sacks because I use reusable lunch bags and containers.  Hadleigh kept reminding me for weeks to pick those up.  She also decorated the sacks with our names, the school name, and her teacher's name because she was so excited.   She couldn't wait to go to bed the night before, and she was up early.  

I think the class was most excited about seeing Sue, the T-Rex.  

I hung out with my friend Diane and her son and his friend, and I had Hadleigh and her friend. 

Here they are with Sue.

 

 

 

This is Sue's real head.  Her head was too heavy to put on her real body, so they made a replica for her body.  Her real head is displayed upstairs.  This was one of the exhibits that Hadleigh was most excited to see.  She had heard it was the size of a refrigerator, but thinks in person it looked smaller than she was thinking. 

The view from the area where Sue's head is located

acting like mummies

Hadleigh's class learning about how important the bison was too the Pawnee Indians.  This was before we went into the Pawnee Earth Lodge exhibit and learned more about how the Pawnee lived. 

The view from the dinosaur room upstairs.  You can see the Adler Planetarium, the Shedd Aquarium, and

Lake Michigan.

Hadleigh and her friend trying to see how many can fit into the dinosaur's footprint

A longneck...Hadleighs favorite

A few other dinosaurs

           

I thought this was cool

We had a great time, and I hope to go again when Sawyer's class goes when he is in 2nd grade.      

Comments

[Becky Lee]

Looks like fun, Steph! Ethan enjoyed checking out your pictures of Sue. We really need to get him to the Field Museum sometime when we come to IL!