Best Field Trip Ever!

Our trip to the SF MOMA was a raging success! The kids all agreed...BEST FIELD TRIP EVER! The group of 32 kids that braved MUNI to get to the museum were split into groups of six and seven, and five docents led them through the museum, including the cool light and color installation. Docent Susan had the kids transfixed with her explanation of Andy Warhol and his depiction of Elizabeth Taylor, 12, riding National Velvet in one of his lesser known works. Mondrian was explored in depth, and the kids even made their own art with horizontal and vertical lines. Note to parents: BUY CONSTRUCTION PAPER. These kids made some amazing things with simple strips of construction paper. And all of these wonderful pieces are now hanging in OUR museum in Room 11...namely, the clothesline above the desks. Check it out!

After the museum, we had a picnic lunch at the greatest (and most crowded) playground, Yerba Buena. The kids ran around, blew off some energy, and flew down the big slide onto the soft floor below. Victorio waved to me as I ate my sandwich and yelled, "THIS. IS. AWESOME!!" How much better can it get than that?

And even though our Laidlaw bus ride back to school ditched us and we had to take MUNI back...the kids never once complained. They're simply the best.

Thank you so much to Jamie and Alex for bringing their terrific dads, and to Jacob who brought his wonderful mom to help chaperone. And to Mr. Reed, who also volunteered on his day off. It was a tremendous help!

And thanks to all the kids for being so awesome...people on the bus and all of the docents actually commented on how super you were. And YOU ARE! KUDOS TO YOU!

Check out the photos HERE.