"What did you do at school today, Leia?"

Today, directly after school, Mrs. Schnell invited us in to see the beautiful apple tree the children had created along with the beautiful apples (Leia's was yellow) that each extended day child had cut out themselves. We also saw the crock pot of applesauce cooking overnight. The pot was way too full, but how could you tell a child that there wasn't room for his/her apple in there, you know? : )
From far away, I could tell that one of the pictures on the wall was Leia Rose's. (Isn't it amazing I can already tell her artistic style?) It was of a Tyrannosaurus Rex drawn in chalk and the caption read something like this: "This was supposed to be a Tyrannosaurus Rex chasing something, but I forgot." Ha!
Right next to it was a beautiful picture made by Jessica. The caption read, "This is a Tyrannosaurus Rex. His name is Boo. He is scary." Let's just hope that Leia Rose is a good influence. : )

Now here's what Leia Rose said today:

"I just loved making my yellow apple! Oliver's mom came in today to help with the applesauce, . . . and Oliver's grandma, too. And I did the 'cookie cutter painter'!!! You take a cookie cutter and put it in paint and then stamp it on a paper and it made leaves, . . . not Christmas trees. At first I thought it was Christmas trees, but it wasn't, it was leaves. I also did the 'float and sink' work and Daphne thought this little green thing would sink, . . . and it did sink, but it was supposed to float and the penny went *wwwwssssshhhhhh.* Mamma! I want you to look at how the penny went as it sank! It went *wwwwsssshhhhh.* [Oh, it went in a zig zag, huh? Neat!]"

Then later, right before bedtime, I got another little tidbit (as I often do, . . . except it's usually at dinner), here is Leia Rose serenading us with "Five Little Duckies" that they sang at school today. And I must say, it takes a certain amount of dexterity to do the right finger movements! : ) In case you can't see the video, the gist of it is, "Five little ducks came out to play over the hills and far away. The mamma duck said, 'quack, quack, quack." And four little ducks came running back." And so on, until the end when "One little duck went out to play over the hills and far away. The daddy duck said, 'QUACK! QUACK!" And five little ducks came running back!" Leia Rose also gave us Mrs. Schnell's rendition of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "Five Little Monkeys." Lots of fun word play today in class!