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fish, fish, got my wish!
Aug. 6th, 2008 05:55 pmThe letters finally came from the school with the classroom assignments, and Danny is getting the same teacher he had last year. The one he loves. The one we love. She's been reassigned to fourth grade.
And there is much rejoicing.
In other news, I took Danny to see the Titanic artifact exhibit in Hartford today, just the two of us. Sadie had been invited to spend the day with one of her friends from school and I didn't want him to feel left out of the fun. She was originally invited to Canobie Lake amusement park, but those plans were rained out and they went to a giant indoor playground instead. And to Applebees for lunch. She had a blast.
Danny did the audio tour of the exhibit and actually learned a couple of things he hadn't known about the Titanic. There was also a big wall of ice for visitors to touch, to help us imagine how frigid and miserable the passengers must have been. The exhibit also helpfully noted that salt water freezes at a lower temperature than fresh water so it was actually even colder. Ouch.
There was a recreation of a first class cabin and a third class cabin as well as a really cool representation of the boiler room. There was only one boiler but it was displayed in a little alcove between two mirrors that made it look like a really long wall of boilers curving off into the distance.
We also were given random boarding passes that had the name of an actual passenger on each one, and the last part of the exhibit was a giant list of all the passengers showing who survived and who didn't. Ours didn't, but really the odds were against them when something like two-thirds of the people on board died.
On the way home I took Danny to McDonalds (his choice), and then I let him have some free time on the computer. Not a very productive day but all in all a pretty nice one, especially since we came home to such good news!
And there is much rejoicing.
In other news, I took Danny to see the Titanic artifact exhibit in Hartford today, just the two of us. Sadie had been invited to spend the day with one of her friends from school and I didn't want him to feel left out of the fun. She was originally invited to Canobie Lake amusement park, but those plans were rained out and they went to a giant indoor playground instead. And to Applebees for lunch. She had a blast.
Danny did the audio tour of the exhibit and actually learned a couple of things he hadn't known about the Titanic. There was also a big wall of ice for visitors to touch, to help us imagine how frigid and miserable the passengers must have been. The exhibit also helpfully noted that salt water freezes at a lower temperature than fresh water so it was actually even colder. Ouch.
There was a recreation of a first class cabin and a third class cabin as well as a really cool representation of the boiler room. There was only one boiler but it was displayed in a little alcove between two mirrors that made it look like a really long wall of boilers curving off into the distance.
We also were given random boarding passes that had the name of an actual passenger on each one, and the last part of the exhibit was a giant list of all the passengers showing who survived and who didn't. Ours didn't, but really the odds were against them when something like two-thirds of the people on board died.
On the way home I took Danny to McDonalds (his choice), and then I let him have some free time on the computer. Not a very productive day but all in all a pretty nice one, especially since we came home to such good news!
