Today John’s class went on a field trip to the Paper Moon Theater in Atlantic Highlands.  I signed up to be a chaperon.  It was my first time chaperoning a field trip, so I was a little excited.  John was super excited.  Not only did he get to go on a school bus, but Mommy was going with him too. 

I dropped the kids off later than usual today so that I was there a little before the bus arrived.  My group was John, Rashub and Remy.  We all piled into the bus and took the bumpy trip to the theater.  The Paper Moon is a small theater and the kids got to sit on the floor while all the adults had chairs.     

The show we saw was The Wizard of Oz.  John has never seen the movie, so I wasn’t really worried.  I thought that a puppet show would not be too scary.  Well I was wrong.  A few minutes into the show, John came running to my seat and said “I’m scared.”  I’m not sure what was so scary about Dorothy and Toto, but he didn’t want to watch.  After a little convincing, I was able to move to the floor and have him sit on my lap.  But there were still parts that he was afraid to watch.  He did not like the wicked witch of the west or the wizard.  I thought the show was adorable.  I think it may have just been my presence at the show.  Because at the end when all the kids could meet the puppets and see how the puppeteers worked, he was much happier.  And wasn’t afraid to ask questions or touch the puppets.