Abby's CHOM Field Trip

Abby's class (plus the other 1st grade class) took a field trip yesterday to our local children's museum, CHOM. Here was my goofy carload:

 As to be expected, all the girls loved the snowflakes and dancing lights they saw as soon as we got to CHOM. The boys were less than thrilled :)

Besties holding hands :)

 We started out as one large group, and learned that we'd be hearing about Christmas traditions all around the world....

 We were split into 3 groups, and Abby's group headed to learn about Japan first. We got to explore a typical tea house in Japan, and the girls favorite part was the "hot tub."

 Next, it was off to Mexico where we took part in a parade and made our own shakers....

 And our last stop was Germany. Abby's favorite part was hearing the story of "gingerbaby" and then decorating/eating one :)

It was a short field trip, but a good one! (I learned a lot too!)

We were supposed to leave CHOM and head to the park for a picnic, but it was too rainy. Instead, the kids had a picnic lunch in their classroom while watching a Christmas movie. It sure it hard being a first grader! :)