Friday's Tattler

Friday is a tough day for me to post Friday's Tattler. I arrive at school at 5:45 a.m. and finish for the day at 7:45 p.m. After school I care for my three grandboys while their parents are at work. It's a long day. Saturday is always filled with work for everyone, so pictures the teachers take and send to me for the blog rarely come in until sometime late Saturday or even Sunday. I thank Mrs. St. Louis for taking the time to send her pictures.

Yesterday, Miss Judy was "under the weather" - not usual for Miss Judy.

So today I report about Friday with great pride and enthusiasm! The kids were beautifully behaved on Friday at the zoo and at the playground. Javeon and Austin won treasure box passes for being constant door handlers and waiting nicely while we all passed through the door.

We packed a light lunch and headed out about 10:00. It was a nice day - a little too humid not to sweat, but the sky was blue and there were a few gentle breezes. We all loved Amazonia and spent a lot of time discovering all kinds of neat things from the animals to beautiful plants that were flowering right there! The Leopard was snoring right next to the glass and couldn't have been more than six inches from our hands on the glass. The birds were flying the animals milling around and the weather indoors was hot and steamy.

We then moseyed over to the dark pavilion and saw the bats and all the nocturnal animals in their little habitats. The children enjoyed this and we had a nice little discussion about bats - one of Miss Judy's favorite animals.

Then we went to the children's petting part of the zoo, and the children loved climbing on the rope toy and sliding down the slide among the otters and the parrots.

Then it was the long hill back up to Amazonia and the bus. Not a single child complained. I was surprised how easy that hill was for me, but I have been working a lot on core strength, and that tells you something! More yoga please!

Next we went to Wesselman Woods playground and had a light lunch and then returned to school for an afternoon of reflection and play. It was a great day.

A great first field trip with the promise of many more. It's always so nice to take children on trips the enjoy, where they behave well, and where they learn.