Monday morning I dropped kids at both school and headed back to the first to help in the Kindergarten science docent. The topic was the five senses. I was put at the "touch table" where six felt bags had something mysterious in the middle and the kids tried to guess what it might be and then they passed the bag. At the end I had a separate paper bag with the loose items so the kids would see what they were feeling. We talked about how our fingers are covered with skin or epidermis. There are receptors we use in our fingers that send messages to the brain and help us guess what something might be as far as hard, soft, big/small, shape... Kindergartners are cute! Here's mine across the table from me. :)
After my table kids rotated to a hearing table (tuning forks), taste table (tried salt water and other tastes on a q-tip) and a smelling table (little cotton balls dipped in different scents like maple syrup).
When I got home I was eager to watch the first episode of the new season of Victoria! And I planned out the week ahead, as far as menu and what tasks I would do what day, and thought more about New Beginnings and how to break up the tasks. It was my big brother's b'day so I sent him a text and we mailed a birthday card a few days ago. This year I bought actual birthday cards and we'll just sign names and put a piece of gum inside. The gum can be our family trademark. We've done it for years. Helps bring costs down instead of putting a dollar in in. :) We've got big families on both sides.
I also cleared out all the YW stuff from our garage, got rid of a trash bag full and loaded up the van with the stuff to take to my new church closet and shed (that's where the 2 tents were going).
When I picked up the older kids at school. I had this exchange with Allen:
Head down, ashamed voice: "Mom I had to go to the office today..."
*head up, smiles
"...to get this."
*Opens envelope.
Man, does this kid know how to tease! 😂🎉
That evening after dinner and bathrooms were clean we went over to the Cherry Building and everyone helped load all my YW stuff from the van to the new closet. Then we played sardines in the building. I didn't really play but organized my shelves, explored the building (noting where butcher paper rolls were, the cleaning closet was with garbage bags and spray and gloves and checked to see if my New Beginnings video would work on a library tv, and looked to see what rooms my key would open... some of those findings would be very helpful for our first youth activity night since this place to new to everyone.)
