Pavlovic Family: Zoo Trip with Emma's Class

On Friday Emma's class spent a really fun day at the Phx Zoo and I'm so glad I went along! So did about 1500 kids from the Mesa Public School District but hey, the more the merrier. It was Emma's first-ever bus ride too. It was a warm one.... if we had gone a week sooner - 75 degrees outside. A week later - high 70's in the forecast. Yesterday? 97. Yep. That's spring in AZ though, so we loaded up on water bottles & sunblock and still had ourselves a blast :).
Emma's class has outstanding parent support.... tons of moms & dads volunteer for all the events and yesterday we had 16 of us come.... so including the teacher and student-teacher, we had 18 adults for 27 kids! My "group" to supervise was just Emma & Brandon -- pretty easy! Brandon is a great kid, very high-energy but tons of fun (he RAN between each exhibit... RAN. Did I mention it was 97 degrees?) We saw other groups from our class often and hung out with them for short bits (hit the petting zoo with Sarah's group, and pet the stingrays with Mrs. Hultz) but the 3 of us mostly set our own agenda and both kids got to see all their favorites without waiting for a large group to keep up. Loved that!