Field Trip

The 3rd graders went on a field trip yesterday to the American West Heritage Center and Willow Park. It was great fun except for the rain and cold. At the AWH Center, one of the ladies there was telling the kids about a pioneer kitchen. She held up a biscuit cutter and asked, "Do any of you know what this is?" I was with a group of 16 - yes, 16 boys - and they had pretty good guesses, like a cup, a tiny bowl and a piece of wood with a knob on it, but I knew that none of them would guess 'biscuit cutter', so I leaned over to Austin and whispered in his ear "It's a biscuit cutter". He didn't volunteer the answer right off, so I kind of nudged him and he said, "Is it a piss cutter?" Okay - obviously he hadn't understood me. The lady looked at me with wide eyes and we both about choked trying not to laugh. But she went right on like nothing unusual had happened. She was a real pioneer trooper.