Sunflower & Indigo happiness

I wish all handwork teachers lots of joy and patience for the upcoming school year.  I hope to post a lot more this year and take you through my school year.  Im very happy to say I will be teaching Grade 1/2 combined, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6/7 (double period) and Grade 8 (double period). 

These are the sunflowers that Grade 1 planted in the classroom last year and I planted outdoors at the beginning of the summer.  They will gather under there for the first class and see the beauty of their efforts.  We will then gather some plants from the dye garden (right behind this) and start some sun dye jars with string for Grade 4 to embroider with.  Grade 6/7 will be helping me with the indigo vat I want to start.  Exciting times with the dye garden.

Snow Day

I have been around snow all my life and I still can't get over how lovely it is.

Snow days are rare around here even thought we regularly get inches at a time - something to do with the union bus drivers & their other jobs so - when we do its a great thing for the boys.  They are already planning a sledding party with the friends down the road.  I think we got about 8 inches this time  :)  - no scratch that its more like 14" I just got in from shoveling.  I will be inside decorating and baking cookies no doubt.  I was hoping to get the third book in the Twilight series but I guess that will have to wait till tomorrow.

The 1st graders are all finished with their owls but one (she was going to finish today) So we will have to let them fly home on Monday.  Most of them will finish the knitting needle case.