Tree Walk with Andrew's Class

Andrew had his first "field trip" of the school year. They had a Tree lady come and speak to the class about different trees in the area. Then they took a walking tour down the street and to a neighborhood park to study some of the trees there. I was the only parent that could help with herding children. Andrew was pretty excited that I could be there and all of the little girls in the class rushed up to me and grabbed me, calling me "Mommy". This was a joke from last year. All the girls thought it would be cute to call me mommy when I helped last year and I guess it continues this year. Anyway, we got down to the park and had studied 2 trees when one of the girls needed to go to the bathroom. Of course there isn't one in the park. Mrs. G. sent me back to the school with the girl. We ended up staying up there until the class returned. She said her stomach hurt and I didn't want to risk her getting sick walking back down. When Andrew got home at the end of the day, he was so upset at me. He acted like it was all my fault that I had missed half of the field trip. He told me he did not want me attending any more field trips. It took several hours to calm him down. Needless to say, I am helping this week on a trip to the zoo so all is forgiven. Aahh, the whims of children.