Our Fabric Has Arrived!

Tamara went to Gaffney's Fabric store in historic Germantown (a great local alternative to big-box craft stores, and more affordable too!) and got all the colors the children had thought about for their costumes! They were so excited to see them all! Soon it was time to start making the costumes. "How do you want the fabric on your body?" Tamara asked, and the Turtles had lots of ides, from shirts to wings to capes. Using elastic, rubber bands, velcro and the sewing machine, we got to work!

the children helped Tamara by pushing the pedal to make the sewing machine go.

Other goings-on:

playdough sculpture

a visit from a puppy

Music with Jenny

and our favorite tree climbing

Sending Out the Invitations!

Once some of the Turtles made their finishing touches to the invitations by licking the envelopes closed and signing their names, we headed over to the Tyson House to weigh our envelopes and mail them out.  Lindsey, the Administrative Assistant, showed us how she weighs the mail that comes into the office.  She placed one of our envelopes on the machine and after getting the weight, she marked it "big envelope" with her  tool.  She then placed all our invitations on the machine and ran them all through.  Each envelope was stamped with a red U.S postage mark, and then the children placed them into the outgoing mail bin! One Turtle even kissed his invitation to send his love before putting in.

Music with Jenny was fun as usual!

Hermina and her baby came out to play.

"Who Took the Cookies From the Cookie Jar"

Making beats and antlers

"Rashasha Rashasha"

Pretending to be robots

Singing "At the Aquarium"

Some other activities included:

Looking for bugs

Reading The Cleverest Spider

Tasting the mint

Looking at the butterflies