Lunch with Lorelei

 Lorelei is now a kindergartener! In October I was able to join her for lunch at Peebles Elementary School in Fayetteville, GA. When she entered the cafeteria and saw me, she ran into my arms for a big hug. She knew I was coming to visit for the weekend, but not that I was joining her for lunch. She has the most wonderful teacher named Lynn Saleeby, a veteran of more than 30 years and many, many ideas. She was fun to talk with. After eating with Lorelei, she showed me her classroom and then we went out for recess. Following that, I had to leave. Mrs. Saleeby invited me back to see the morning instruction and I hope to do that soon. Also, our classes are going to be penpals!

Ariel and Prince Eric Get Married

Since the girls were so fascinated with weddings and the marriage of Ariel to Prince Eric in the movie "The Little Mermaid," of course I had to develop a fun activity to support this interest. Their great-grandmother gave them a wedding kit which folds out as a backdrop. We set that up on the sofa and assembled the cardboard archway. I explained to the girls that a couple sends invitations to invite friends and family so we set about making invitations. Next, the girls delivered and "read" the invitations to all the dolls they could find in the house. We dressed them and arranged them seated on either side of the gazebo. One of the male princes was pressed into service as the minister. I voiced all the parts the first time,

hummed the wedding march, and told the girls how to manuever the dolls for the different parts of the ceremony. After that, they tooks turns doing the wedding

parts themselves. They did it over and over!

                                           

 

Afterwards, we held a "reception" complete with tiny sugar candy cakes and cranberry juice. It was the wedding of the century! I think the girls will continue to play wedding for weeks afterward. Now I just have to convince my son that I be allowed to buy a wedding dress up set for the girls! (He doesn't like all this wedding talk. He doesn't want to think of his girls EVER getting married.)

Girls and Goats





Lorelei succeeds in feeding the nanny a pecan





The girls chase the goats trying
 to get close enough to pet them.





One nanny goat will come close if you have something to offer her.





Lorelei and Genevieve love visiting my parents (their great-grandparents Rister) at their mini farm in Kathleen. They especially like being around the animals--chickens, rabbits, and of course, the goats. On this visit, while their parents were picking up pecans, the girls tried and succeeded in getting close enough to one tame nanny goat so they could pet her and feed her. Lorelei said the goats lips tickled her hand.  

Genevieve feeds the nanny