Yesterday I had the privilege of chaperoning my son, along with the rest of his Kindergarten class, as they celebrated the end of the school year with a picnic. What follows are eleven actual quotes that I overheard the children say as I monitored them in the park. One of them was said by my […]
Category Archives: Field Trip
No, I Was Not Making Out With the Student Teacher on the Field Trip
Edward did not want to sit with me on the school bus; he wanted to sit with his friends instead. This left me to find my own seat, and the only one that was available was next to the student teacher. She was very nice, and we chatted during the bus ride about our lives, […]
The Only Dad
So here’s a question I was asking my wife the other day: Is it weirder that I am often the only Dad at things, or is it weirder that I don’t think it’s weird? Because on the one hand, I am consistently seeing more Dads involved in things like pick-up or drop-off of kids, or in […]
Snowboarding on the Lake: Burton’s Riglet Park Comes to ECHO
I love field trips. I loved them as a kid, and I love them now. If I have a chance to chaperone a field trip, I take it, because you get to go to some really cool places. Even normal places, like farms and apple orchards, are exciting when you see them with a group of […]
Seeing Them With New Eyes
We get used to the people we live with. Everyone changes so gradually that it can be hard to notice the little differences, until we hit a sudden moment of clarity in which we are able to view these familiar humans with new eyes. This has happened to me many times. I recall the moment […]
The Adventures of a Field Trip Chaperone
Monday Night– Asked the bus driver if I could ride in with Edward the following morning; was told I had to ask the school about that.– Called the school to ask if I could ride the bus in; was told I had to ask the bus– Picked out farm-appropriate clothing for the both of us– […]