Colonial Day and Westward Expansion Day

Friday, March 23rd - Westward Expansion Day for 5th grade and Colonial Day for 1st grade (and the last day of school before spring break)!

Miss Barrett and Kellen 

Kellen and Casey - best buddies

The boys

Miss Barrett's class

and silly - of course! 

They played Colonial games like Scotch Hoppers 

and Blind Man's bluff. Also bowling on the green and leap frog.

They practiced some Colonial chores - washing clothes 

hanging clothes to dry 

making apple butter 

and grinding corn. 

Each child had their silhouette made in their study of Colonial art.  

Colonial foods - churned butter 

and tea with Queen's cakes and Shrewsbury cakes. 

In Colonial school, they practiced writing with quills and ink. 

Meanwhile, in 5th grade - Westward Expansion Day was underway. They played Cherokee Trail.

And enjoyed trail food - beans, cornbread, and chicken.

A fun Saturday

Saturday, March 17th - Papa, Kevin, Kellen, and I went to the St. Patrick's Day parade downtown. Our first time to go - it was fun!

We went back to Papa & Mima's house and tried not to crash the girls' sewing day.

We watched a lot of March Madness and between games, Papa & Kevin played a little basketball of their own.

At 5:00pm, it was time for Grant's birthday party. The kids always enjoy putting on a show for us. This time, it was "Just Dance" routines. Kevin decided to jump in and then Papa did too!

It was hilarious and so much fun!! 

Sunday night, March 18th - we got some much needed snow. Kevin got another snow day out of it and the kids didn't even get a delay!! Still no snow day for them.

5th/6th Grade Music Concert

Tuesday, March 13th - 5th/6th grade concert at Jenna's school. 

She's the 3rd from the left second row from the front.

5th grade performed "A Festive Call to Freedom," "Loch Lomond" (Jenna's Kindergarten teacher played flute. It was beautiful.), and "Dakota Dances" (Jenna's favorite of the three songs).

At the end, both grades performed together - a lot of kids! They sang "I Am a Small Part of the World" and "Song for the Unsung Hero." It was a great concert!