Experience of a Lifetime!

Because of the awesome cookie sales, the girl scout troop earned a trip to stay overnight in a museum or other facility. They voted on the SF aquarium. So, we chose carpool buddies and headed up to SF. Some girls in the troop were meeting for dinner, but because we had a softball birthday party earlier in the day, I wanted Peyton well-rested. She’d gotten a black eye at the jump house, which was better than what I envisioned – a broken arm. I’d warned her about tucking in her arms when falling, but I didn’t account for her brother’s shoulder in her face. We put ice on it and called it a day for her jumping around. The girls and brothers played on the structure instead at the park. She came home, showered up, and then took a nap. The program was to last from 830 pm to 1130 pm! So I took a nap, too. We picked up our buddy down the street and drove into the city. It was an easy drive, especially since I’d looked up the Giants scheduled and knew to avoid that area. We arrived with about 30 minutes to spare, so we walked around and looked at sea lions, some of the shops, and then headed to get our stuff for the overnight. The girls were shown all the different parts of the aquarium and given docent-led tours. I’d been with the preschool at least 3 times, and I’d never had such an in-depth tour. We even got to put the otters to bed! The aquarium had pizza for snack, Amici’s that was delivered. The parents helped themselves, too. At the end of the tour, the kids were shown two tunnels to sleep – the light and the dark. I was still changing when the girls got settled. Peyton even snagged my pillow that I’d packed for myself. I later took it back 😉 I couldn’t find her in the light tunnel and was surprised she chose the dark tunnel. The light tunnel had the sharks. Only 4 kids chose the dark tunnel. That was just fine with me! We had to sleep head to head or toe to toe to avoid kicks to the head. Peyton was settled in with her friends, so I took a head to head position with another mom. I had a hard time falling asleep, and then staying asleep. The girls were chatting a bit, then suddenly, it got quiet.

I woke up at 620 am to girls whispering. I wasn’t sure who it was, but I wasn’t too surprised when I saw Peyton’s sleeping bag was zipped tightly. I waited until we were woken up at 7 am by the docents there to “kick” us out. Peyton got her stuff packed, while I got mine all wrapped up. We headed upstairs to brush teeth, change clothes and then eat breakfast. Boudin had delivered quite a spread, so we got fed! The final activity was to go around the kids’ table to tell the group 1) what they liked, and 2) what they learned. Peyton was third to speak, but I could imagine the terror upon her hearing the activity. Her like was sleeping in the tunnel. They skipped her on the what she learned. She was almost off the hook as the docent forgot her, but I reminded them. With some thought, she came up with that she learned sea cucumbers eat other animals’ poop. (And Brandon eats sea cucumbers!) We all packed up and headed out. While I drove back, Peyton passed out in the backseat. Our other girl stayed awake, quietly looking out the windows. We dropped them off, and Peyton woke up to say goodbye, then we headed back home. We found the house empty; we unloaded our stuff and were going to take a nap until the boys came in. Dave swapped kids and took Peyton to practice softball. Brandon had just come from there, so we did piano instead. After he brought Peyton back, she showered up and then headed for a nap. She lasted until about an hour before we headed to our second softball birthday party – to CEC. It was all fun and games, and no bouncy house. The kids tore through their tokens, but they did manage to get a few tickets to spend. Peyton even got some tickets that she got when the attendant “made it rain!” The attendant flipped tickets at the kids right in front of Peyton, so it was like a pinata scramble. We chatted with the adults about the upcoming season, and then after the birthday girl’s parents had finished wrapping up, we finally took off. We were exhausted,but I kept trying to keep the kids awake. They lasted until dinner, then with an early bed time of 730 pm. Now to start off another week with back to school nights x 2 and a CE dinner for me midweek! Bring it on!


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