The Turtles @ AFS: Auntie Val's Special Visit

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Auntie Val's Special Visit

The Turtles were very excited all morning for Auntie Val, Ella's Aunt, to come in to make her special chocolate cake! Ella has always told her teachers and friends how delicious Auntie Val's chocolate cake is so we thought it was a good idea for her to come in and make the cake with us. Each step of making the cake was so much fun and the Turtles did an excellent job mixing, cracking eggs, and even cleaning up. We can't wait to eat some after our nap!

Making the letter S all over the cake for decoration

She even read the class a story while the cake was cooling!

Then it was time to get to work! There are more preparations for our play so the Turtles put more mod podge and fairy glitter on our second castle, while others worked on their costumes. Luckily, Caimin's mom, Fiona, let us borrow her sewing machine!