Immaculata Historical Day 2010

Oh my, what a beautiful colonial girl! Wait, . . . it's LEIA! : ) What a day for the entire school, and for Annie, Grandma, Oma, and Papa who came as well! Each class had a different time period they were focusing on, . . . and first grade had Colonial Times. SO, . . . Leia Rose and I have been reading Felicity (one of the first American Girls) and watching School House Rock religiously. (And Mamma has been procuring about a million antiques to outfit our display, . . . which I got roped into, but ended up adoring). It was just a great day to LIVE history, . . . so Leia and I made our display into a living museum. Leia sewed her "sampler" (featuring a kitty and her name) and I (literally) sewed Annie's quilt with red patches (to try to fix all the places where Annie has pulled with her nails to get up on the bed) with our awesome backdrop being the very first ("Besty Ross") American Flag that the first graders all painted themselves (and boy did it look it, . . . the teachers joked that it was already bloodstained). A few highlights: the streets of the 30s, Marilyn Monroe amid lava lamps from the sixties, indian crafts and graves from the Trail of Tears, even a life-size Wright Brothers plane! As for the first grade, their little presentation on stage was so sweet, . . . and Leia's job was to talk about the Middle Colonies as the "bread basket" of the Colonies. By the end of the presentations, even Annie wanted a part of the action. Then there was the FOOD, . . . real recipes from all the different decades. SO awesome! As a special memory, Leia takes away her sampler and the colonial doll cradle (seen beside her in the scene) that I bought for her as a remembrance. It truly was a day to remember.