Friday's Tattler

Friday was a special day. The children all came in in costume. They were adorable. Each child was so proud of his costume, and they shared and shared who they were and how much they liked dressing up. We had a new breakfast of homemade donuts dipped in glaze and sprinkles, and then we decided since the rain was holding off, that we would go visit the elderly.

Miss Sandy picked us up about 9:30 and we loaded on the bus wearing our costumes. It was really a very nice day for this because although it was looking like impending rain, the air was a nice temperature.

We went to where Miss Amy's husband works, Oak Grove, and we sang and sang. The residents clapped for the children and the children were very kind and went to visit the residents. I was particularly proud of Austin and Elayna. Each of these children introduced themselves and shook hands with the older people. Elayna actually put the elderly hands into hers, closed hers sweetly around them and talked very kindly to these elderly people.

Then we jumped on board the bus again and went up to a special place in Boonville. This is where my mother spent her last days. The home is small and private and the people are wonderful. As the children sang, Miss Leigh leaned over to me and reminded me of a project she wants to do with the children - pen pals - now that they are writing and learning to spell. She mentioned that instead of trying to get another school interested, we need to fill a need at the nursing home and have the older children write to a resident who can write back, and have the younger children draw pictures for those too in-firmed to respond. A brilliant suggestion.

When we arrived back at school, Miss Judy quickly made chicken noodle soup, and the response was, "Can we have this again?" The answer is "Of course!" We had open face cheesewitches, and fruit.

Children went to sit with their attending adults and then at 3:00 we all sang again. Then it was treat-ville. The treats were wonderful, and delicious. Thank you all for coming and for bringing such delicious treats.