Friday's Tattler

This is an oops for Miss Judy who should have written this on Friday. But Friday we were all pretty tired. Friday was actually an interesting day. We had a lot of sick kids on Friday. There is a terrible bug going around that starts with exhaustion and the child falls asleep only to wake with ha high fever, headache, vomiting, lethargy, cough and you name it. We'll call it the everything bug. The kids have fallen like dominoes until we had nearly 12 out with it. To avoid this, you need to insist that your child washes his hands as often at home as he does at school - like every time he breathes heavily - and that he keeps his hands OUT of his mouth. At home, your thermostat should be turned DOWN. Cold does not breed germs - heat does. You cannot get germs to flourish in rooms that are COOL. What is cool? For some it is 75 degrees; for others it is 65 degrees.

Funny thing about thermostats - we all think we keep ours fashionably low, but when the thermostat really does say 65 degrees, we all seem to be uncomfortably cool. The truth is, we are most comfortable at about 75 degrees and that's a germ breeding temperature.

And speaking of these things, what happened to all the nice winter clothes we saw in September? All the long sleeves and heavy pants seem to have disappeared, and there is a steady stream of short sleeves now that the temps are in the 30s, 40s, 50s! The giant 15 lb coats have turned into micro minute jackets or none at all. I'm kind of expecting shorts the first day it snows. I'm supposing that families have heat trumped up to that 75 degrees, but at school it is turned way down, so dress your children in long sleeves when it's cold and please choose a jacket or sweater that will suit the temperatures this week. It will be in the 40's all week, so kids will need medium jackets.

The children are learning the lines for the play with great eagerness. I was delighted with Kamden, Addie, and Emma who have five scenes and who know most of their lines. In the other scenes, Skylar is doing a top job along with Phoebe, Mara, Alex H and Alex W, India, and our new little boy Ethan. Ethan started school last week and has five lines for the play. We are so proud of him.

Remember that Monday morning there is a field trip to the Philharmonic at 8:15. Please dress your child in our school t-shirt with a longer shirt under it. We will be leaving school at 8:15 and will return about 11:00.

Beve's pictures will be back in about 4 weeks.

Your Discovery Toy orders need to be in by Thursday.

Remember, the play is this coming week at 3:00 on Friday afternoon.