Wow, what a busy day! Students met Mrs. Swanson and learned a little about her. She has 3 children who are ages 10, 12 and 16. Of course we had our field trip in the afternoon. We had previously read the book Sylvester and the Magic Pebble and had watched a short video, but seeing an hour long performance was a vastly different experience. To make the play longer, characters and scenes were added that were not in the book and it confused many of the students. There were some funny dancing squirrels but because the students didn't understand their place in the story, I don't think they appreciated the humor. It was cute but long and at the end we had to wait FOREVER for our bus to arrive. It seemed like we were the last school to leave! We got back to school 5 minutes before dismissal time and students were unhappy that they did not get their last recess and their last center.