So one month ago I got married! It was a beautiful ceremony. It was also wonderful to have my family in town from Michigan. Joe and I went to Alaska for our honeymoon, and it was gorgeous and very relaxing.
I am so happy to be back at school, and we have so much going on in our classes. Last week we celebrated International Mud Day! What a blast! The water flowed into the mud pit and the kids had a ball. We drew pictures and wrote poems, and generally got VERY MESSY!
Last Friday we celebrated the Independence Day by learning a bit of history about how the United States became its own country, making paper fireworks, and having a patriotic snack of red, white, and blue fruit. (also practiced our dexterity by putting the fruit on our own skewers!)
This week we are kicking off our summer program and starting out by learning about the rain forest. Today we learned that the rain forest has 4 layers: the emergent, the canopy, the understory, and the forest floor. We also taste tested lots of food from the rain forest: peppers, tomatoes, avocado, papaya, mango, and banana. And smelled flavors from the rain forest: vanilla, cinnamon, turmeric, ginger, and cocoa. We are definitely having a lot of fun with the rain forest.
