This week has been so busy. Last night I got home from the Primary activity and collapsed into bed around 9:30. Of course I woke up about 6 times through out the night. The dog food was left out so of course I woke up to the raccoons getting into it. Spencer has got something. I don't know if it's the flu or just this cough, but he woke up the other 10 times. Steve took some turns with him too. On Wednesday, I checked Dallin and Eliza out of school early and headed over to Walnut Canyon. Dallin is doing a report on the Pueblo Indians and since their ruins are about 10 minutes from my house we went over their to do research. Dallin got to ask the ranger's all sorts of questions, then we hiked down the canyon to see their homes.
On Friday it was the Veteran's Day Assembly. They picked 4 kids to read their letter's to a Veteran. Eliza wrote to her Great Grandfather's who both fought in WWII, she was picked to read at the assembly and did a great job. She looks really cute to. The funny thing about this letter is, Steve's grandpa, Grandpa Codner, fought in D Day and has some really great war stories. Steve was telling the kids all about his grandpa, then it was my turn to tell them about my grandpa. Well, my grandpa has fabricated war stories, like being shot down in his plane over enemy territory. I have seen the scars. Also they shot off his middle finger. However the Indian's also shot off his middle finger and in the stomach so I'm not to sure which one is the truth. So after Steve's stories, I told the kids about Grandpa Wardle's. So when Eliza was writing her letter to her Grandpa's I had to carefully word Grandpa Wardle's part. I grew up believing the stories and I think it's important they do to. That's how Grandpa would have wanted it.
Eliza reading her letter at the assembly.
On Friday it was the Veteran's Day Assembly. They picked 4 kids to read their letter's to a Veteran. Eliza wrote to her Great Grandfather's who both fought in WWII, she was picked to read at the assembly and did a great job. She looks really cute to. The funny thing about this letter is, Steve's grandpa, Grandpa Codner, fought in D Day and has some really great war stories. Steve was telling the kids all about his grandpa, then it was my turn to tell them about my grandpa. Well, my grandpa has fabricated war stories, like being shot down in his plane over enemy territory. I have seen the scars. Also they shot off his middle finger. However the Indian's also shot off his middle finger and in the stomach so I'm not to sure which one is the truth. So after Steve's stories, I told the kids about Grandpa Wardle's. So when Eliza was writing her letter to her Grandpa's I had to carefully word Grandpa Wardle's part. I grew up believing the stories and I think it's important they do to. That's how Grandpa would have wanted it.
Eliza reading her letter at the assembly.
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– A new Veterans’ Day-themed episode is available on kids’ virtual field trip Web site Meet Me At The Corner (MeetMeAtTheCorner.org). Meet Me At The Corner combines the content that educators and parents trust with the high-tech delivery method today’s kids embrace.
The episode starts with a visit to Colorado Springs’s Memorial Park led by Hannah, a 8-year-old Meet Me At The Corner correspondent. Hannah then interviews World War II veteran, Robert Williams. Williams shares with viewers the various jobs he held in the military, the significance of VE Day and VJ Day, and what it takes to be a good soldier.
To help expand on the content, MeetMeAtTheCorner.org’s “Learning Corner” provides parents and teachers with a variety of episode-specific resources, activities and guided questions that meet national- and state-based educational standards.
Our hope is that this episode initiates conversations about the true meaning of Veterans’ Day,” says Donna Guthrie, award-winning children’s author and founder of Meet Me At The Corner.
You are an awesome mom! SO cute doing research, and keeping family stories alive...priceless! Love ya Fred xoxo
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