Savannah's Raleigh Field Trip

We're on our way!  For weeks Savannah has talked non-stop about the big Raleigh field trip and the day finally arrived!!  After arriving at school bright and early at 6am, the buses rolled out of the parking lot at 6:30am.  It was still dark, but after our first rest stop I snapped this selfie on the way to Raleigh.  She is one excited girl. :)

My fun group of girls

Our first stop was the best in my opinion.  We had an hour to explore the state science museum.  Wow!  The coolest thing was the huge whale skeleton in the front of the museum.  After seeing that, it was so clear how Jonah could have fit in the belly of a whale.  It was enormous!

The girls also enjoyed learning how to complete a circuit which enabled them to play the drums.  There were so many fascinating things to explore and learn about in this museum.  We even ventured into the globe and accidentally got stuck across the bridge.  Thankfully another student saw us and opened the door just before we started to panic. :)

After the science museum we had a tour at the state capital. The tour guide was very impressed with the amount of knowledge our class already had.  He kept asking "are you sure these are fourth graders?"  He even commented about how he had been in education for 35 years and could tell when there was a sparkle in the kids' eyes.  He kept giving them more and more information until we had to stop him because it was lunch time!

Thankfully it was a beautiful day and we enjoyed our picnic lunch outside before heading to the legislative building for our tour there.  Again, our fourth graders shined with their knowledge as the other class of fifth graders from another school seemed a bit clueless.  Clearly our students were well prepared and able to see first hand the things they already learned about in school.

Our last stop was the history museum.  Let's just say we were all pretty tired by this point so when they begged for the gift shop first I said "why not?"  We explored around and then saw the huge Billy Graham exhibit and the dress exhibit, which was also pretty interesting.  By this point we were all ready for the bus!

We headed to the bus around 3pm and by the time we loaded up they handed out the pizzas for dinner and we were homeward bound.  It was a fun-filled, yet exhausting day.  I was thankful to be able to go with Savannah's class and experience this first hand with her, but even more thankful when the bus rolled into school at 7:15pm!!

Savannah & me in front of the history museum, just before leaving Raleigh.