A Long Time Ago...

Ask Harry how he has spent Spring Break and he will tell you that he has spent most of it going to school. That is not entirely true, but it does carry a flavor of the truth. On Tuesday, he shadowed at his new school for next year, Eagle Ridge Academy. I am happy to say that he thought it was a good school and that he is looking forward to going next year. He is still a little turned off by the uniforms you have to wear, but I think that will go away in time. He did tell me that he saw many kids with their shirts not tucked in and he plans to NOT tuck in his shirt too! Ahh..the small rebellions of kids...

Yesterday, Harry and Bella spent the morning at a one room school house learning what it was like to attend school as a pioneer child in the late 1800's. Bella was very excited to wear her "Laura Ingalls" costume that her Grandmother made her for last Halloween. Harry wore one of the vests they had available at the school for boys to dress up in. The kids had so much fun! It took place at the Gibbs Museum in St. Paul. The teacher was "Miss Lake". She taught the kids lots of things in short amount of time. The children learned how to stand up properly by their desk when they answered a question, how to make recite a reading from the board, and they had a reading lesson on the front bench in school by grade. The science lesson for the day was outside and they learned about making maple sugar from maple trees with sap. At the end of the program the children did a spelling bee for the parents. One thing I noticed is that Bella seemed to have a much harder time hearing with the bonnet on her head. It covered her implants and I'm sure it cut down on the sound getting to her. Also, the one room schoolhouse didn't have very good acoustics. Still, she loved it. I was thankful that it wasn't where she really went to school!

Minnesota has been having a bit of May this week. Temps have been in the mid to upper 70's. On Wednesday the kids and I went to the park and they played. It was so nice to read a book outside in shorts and a t-shirt! I think it's going to be a warm summer...