So the fun continues. Today Elena and her fourth grade class took a walk through California. Sounds tiring hu? Well it really wasn't. No, not at all. Before we entered the Multipurpose room those that chose to dress up got to pick a type of person to dress up as. Cowboy, Cowgirl, Indian, Prairie Girl, Vaquero, or Senorita. Elena chose to dress up as a Senorita.
We thought it would be easy to find her costume since Halloween was just here but the costumes they had were not historic at all. They were more current and wouldn't fit our need. So we put a shout out to all our friends to see if anyone we knew could help us dress Elena for her choice in attire. Our friend Kattia came to the rescue with a choice borrow of black dancing skirt and peasant blouse. Elena looked adorable.
Before we even got to putting her in her costume we had to get her over her fears. I have no idea what she was thinking was involved with the walk through California, but she really worked herself up. While at MOPS this morning I received a call from the school saying she was in the sickroom. She worked herself up so badly she was physically ill. Well I was at MOPS and I REALLY needed to be there today (it's one of those mom sanity things.) Knowing she more than likely worked herself up, they let her stay in the sickroom until I finished MOPS. Sure enough her nerves were working overdrive. But after a nice conversation with her, some prayer time, and helping her get dressed we both left for our Walk Through California.
We met the kids at the Multipurpose room and began our experience. For 2 1/2 hours our "tour guide" Drew gave us an all we needed to know about California. I know what you are thinking right now.....boring! It was anything but boring. We laughed and had a really good time participating in the whole experience. Each kid had a part or roll and the whole group was entertained. The time just flew by. Even the adults present had a good time. Elena's grandparents Vic & Gayle came and Brian stayed until he had to go to work.
Walk Through California is a really good program and I am very pleased the school purchased it for the students to experience. So much information was packed into our short time spent, but it was entertaining. A great memory for the kids as well as a good learning experience. To be honest I am really looking forward to when Hayden gets to do this with his fourth grade classroom. When it's his turn, I'm sure I will post all about it then.
Until Next Time, SoCal Marisa
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