Fourth Graders go to the Capitol!

I was invited to go along with my daughter's fourth grade class on their field trip to Topeka. Our last stop was the Capitol building. It was so funny to listen to their comments as the bus circled the block.

"Wow! That building is awesome. The Governor should live there!" "That building is huge! I bet the entire fourth grade could live in it!" "Yeah, that would be cool." "Look at the Indian on top! He's aiming his arrow right at that other building." "Is he a terrorist Indian?"

(The word "terrorist" came up a couple times yesterday while we were doing different things. At the museum it was mentioned in the John Brown exhibit because by today's standard he could be considered by some as a terrorist of his time. It was just sad that 10yr olds know what that word represents.)

First we ventured to the top of the dome. It was starting to rain so our tour guide said we would just have to see what the weather was like when we got close to determine if we could go outside or not. These are pictures of us moving up, floor by floor. The closer we got to the top, the less kids we had. They didn't seem to care that over 50,000 people had made the trek to the top of the dome last year. All they cared about is "Has anyone ever died going to the top of the dome?"

I think out of 18 kids in Gen's class only six were brave enough to go outside & four of them were girls...my kid included. Nevermind that she was wiping away tears and itching to get the heck outta there!


Then the journey back down to what we deemed more solid ground.

Senate room... I have to admit I had a brief day dream of sitting in this room someday.