I was happy that I got picked to be one of the chaperones for Connor’s field trip last Wednesday.  The location was the Mission which I did not get to go when Logan went as a 4th grader.  I met up with the class at the beginning of the school day, and waited for the bus.  Connor chose to sit with me in the bus and we played “chopsticks” and talked until we arrived to the mission.  We were split into groups and I was assigned to total of 5 boys.  We were assigned to go visit the mission and the shops on our own first before lunchtime, and we would have our tour by the guide afterward.  Our group ended up spending our time with Connor’s buddy Neil’s group.  We walked around the garden and the church, and the 9 kids were more excited when we arrived at the shops.  All of them spent quite a bit of time looking for souvenirs at the rock shop; Connor bought a rock necklace and a nice piece of rock for choker as well.  Some stopped by the ice cream shop for some candies too.

    We rushed back for lunch and we could only have 15 minutes to eat.  Then we met with the tour guide for an hour of tour.  She took us around the mission and shared lots of very interactive information.  The kids were attentive and the parents as well during this tour.  After the tour, we had a few minutes and my kids chose to get a small treat at the shop before we hopped back onto the bus to return to school.