Well February is drawing to a close and once again I've haven't posted hardly at all. We've been busy. Life is speeding by and we've done many fun things but I haven't had the time to post about our adventures. With the daily hecticness of work I haven't been good about taking pictures these last few months, but I did take quite a few pictures this month thanks to my new camera. Thank you honey, it was a great Valentine's Day gift!
So here's a run down of some of our February adventures. This week we had four birthday parties including one for me. Here's Nature Girl at a children's science museum with a dinosaur display. We attended a birthday party and she had lots of fun. They have a huge lego replica of the mill buildings that the city once boasted.
We also went to a birthday party at Build a Bear. Nature Girl made her first ever bear. We had to head back there today to pick out clothes for the bear and she was so happy with her choice and claims that "This was the best day of my life." Of course she said that yesterday too when we stopped at Panera Bread for nourishment after waiting in line at the DMV with me for an hour and a half to get my license photo taken. Sometimes she's easy to please and she's one of the greatest joys in my life! Today she told me that I'm the best mom in the world because I'm so good to her. That melted my heart! But I digress. . . so back to our February adventures.
We attended a free show called Curious Creatures. This was an interactive animal show so Nature Girl and I were able to pet an American alligator, an African tortoise, a chinchilla, a boa constrictor, a bearded dragon, a rabbit and a milk snake. It was a cool experience even though I am not a fan of snakes. I've never touched an alligator(or eaten alligator tail though I hear from both
Val and my husband that they taste like chicken.)
We both loved the African tortoise. What a cool pet! Of course they grow really big and they outlive their owners so I don't see any tortoises in our future no matter how much Nature Girl likes turtles. But isn't he cute? His name is Squirtle.
I haven't figured out how to get the pictures off my phone but Nature Girl and I went on a field trip with my mom to an Emu farm in VT. Nature Girl got to see the Emus up close and got to buy an Emu egg. It was really neat and we learned a lot about Emus. We plan to go back this spring to see the babies after they hatch. This month, we also took Nature Girl's Grandma and Papa candlepin bowling for the first time. Really it was even better than bowling, it was glow bowling where everything is lit with black lights. We had lot of fun, even though none of the grown ups were very good even with the bumpers up! Really candlepin bowling is hard!
Here's Nature Girl getting ready to eat a yummy chocolate cat pop sent by Heather in the owl swap. I need to post pictures of the owl crossstich
Heather sent. Nature Girl has it displayed in her room and she's asleep for the night, so pictures will have to follow later. Thanks Heather!
Also a special thank you to all of you( Cheri, Val, Barb, Robin) who have sent postcards to my preschool class. We've had a great time with this project learning about the different states. I hope to have some pictures of our bulleting board for you this week. Thanks again for the help!
I leave for work early each morning before Nature Girl is even awake. Since I'm not there to greet her, I write her a note every morning before I leave for work. She looks forward to her notes and on the few occasions that I've forgotten to write she lets me know she's disappointed. Of course she quickly forgives me. All of these notes have started to result in return notes from Nature Girl. Nature Girl wrote this little note on my white board when she went into school with me. What a sweet little message! I didn't erase it for a week!
Speaking of school I finally got our Traveling Gingerbread Men bulletin board up and took a few pictures this week. These aren't the greatest pictures but they give you an idea of what the bulletin board looks like. You can see that we put all of the postcards in a little pocket with a gingerbread man, the name of the state and some facts we learned about each state. This has been such a fun project for the preschoolers and now the rest of the school is enjoying reading the postcards and looking at the information we learned. We've gotten lots of compliments and questions about our project.
The greatest part is that even since I put this up earlier this week it's changed and more additions have been made. Margy sent us information about Belgium and Lady of Perpetual Chaos sent us information about Utah. Robin sent us the sweetest felt gingerbread ornaments. Each child got to take one home. I put a picture on the bulletin board with all the the preschoolers holding their gingerbread ornaments and another of all of us wearing the Mardi Gras beads Val sent us from Louisiana. So thank you to everyone who has sent us postcards and packages. We greatly appreciate your help. So many children are enjoying the cards and learning about the US and the world with us. Thanks!
