Every year, Michael's school sends the fifth grade classes on an annual trip to Boston. Lucky for us, Michael happens to be in fifth grade this year, and we were both able to make the trip! Our adventure began with meeting at the school at 5:40 AM. We were able to ride down on charter buses thanks to the kids great fundraising instead of school buses, which was definitely great. Off we went at 6 AM to reach our destination at 9. Our drive, both down and back, were uneventful... going to Boston, you never know if this will be the case!
Our first order of business was a Duck Tour. Amphibious vehicles are driven around the city of Boston, and the tour guide is well versed in all the great history of the city so you learn a lot. The kids had been studying Colonial America, so there were a lot of places they saw that they had studied recently. Then we drove into the Charles river, where the kids got to drive in the water for a bit before we returned to land.
After a quick lunch break, we enjoyed a movie about Antarctica at the IMAX theater. For anyone who has not had the pleasure of viewing a movie in an IMAX theater, the movie is projected on a jumbo dome shaped screen so the movie seems to surround you. The kids thought it was awesome, and I know a lot of the parents did, too!
The science museum was next. As almost every kid had at least one parent with them, Michael and I were able to go off and look at all our favorites. We watched the electricity demonstration, checked out the natural history displays, visited the animals, and made sure to pop into the butterfly garden. The butterflies really loved our orange shirts, and we had several come and check us out.
After a great adventure and a visit to the gift shop, we headed back to the school. Our stop along the way led us to discover a great "fast food" restaurant in Portsmouth that had the best Mango smoothies... we opted for real food instead of McDonald's for dinner.
Home at last, Michael was exhausted and even climbed into bed early. Me too! Nothing like a day with 60 5th graders to wear you out!
