The Happy Chappys: A Mount Vernon Adventure

I am trying to stay awake as I write this.
I am still trying to get over the lack of sleep caused by our 3:45 wake up time for this field trip and it's 11:00 p.m. bedtime (the three boy's school was taking the trip and Mom,Dad,and I were along as chaperone's and Abby came along for the ride). I will say it was all worth it.
Our group of 56 left the school parking lot at 5:00 a.m. for Mount Vernon (George Washington's Estate) in the old mission bus.
We arrived at 8:30 a.m. and were on of the first groups through the mansion.
I was a little disappointed at how quickly the guides pushed us through, I could have spent most of the day just admiring the beautiful rooms. We then took some group photos on the front lawn, and took a hike down to the waterfront and the pioneer farm, with it's round wheat barn.
Next we toured the artifact museum, which held personal pieces of clothing, jewelry, maps,ect. .
It was fascinating, but the alarm system was so sensitive that if you even leaned on the glass barrier it would go off with the loudest ringing noise I have ever heard. Well this only served to interest a few of the children more than the actual exhibit thus the Siren went off multiple times while we were in those rooms. After a picnic lunch by the bus, we enjoyed an interactive museum. It had many wax figures and mini movies playing which the children really enjoyed.
Dad,Mom and I were asked to help with the 1st and 2nd grade class so we took them to the children's section were they could dress up and take pictures. Then after a quick tour of the gardens we met up for our Slave tour. We were separated into 2 groups and went on an 1 1/2 tour all about George Washington's Slaves. We toured their houses and heard all about their lives and jobs. This was one of my favorite things we did that day.
I was very pleased with our day and I really enjoyed the whole day.
After supper at Wendy's we arrived back at school at 10:30 p.m. .
I was sure glad to get home to bed! I have some people pictures but if you want to see more pictures check out Noah's blog.

It sure was a full house!

Getting through the gates

Since there were 27 elementary student each one was given a letter of the alphabet
and for check up the would line in alphabet order to make sure we had everyone!