Today Eleanor and Jason celebrated Thanksgiving at the annual Kindergarten Father's Thanksgiving Feast. The children dressed as Pilgrims and the daddies came as Indians.
Before feasting together Eleanor shares all her studies and crafts on various Native American ways of living- longhouse, wigwam, tipi, etc..
Pilgrim mommies dished up some Thanksgiving fare...
...while Indian fathers listened to some Thanksgiving songs.
My favorite song- "Every Turkey Can Tango"
I'm sure the pilgrims sang this one at the first Thanksgiving.
The children also enjoyed a special treat at school this week. Each grade got to have a visit with Nick Hockings, a tribal member (can't remember which one) from Wisconsin. He made REAL fire.
Eleanor and her Kindergarten assistant teacher, Ms. Van Dam, looking quite angelic in the afternoon light
Eleanor (in the purple shirt) dancing behind Nick Hockings
...and a few weeks ago Rynn visited The Grove where she studied first hand how local Native Americans built and lived in longhouses.
Playing a corn dart game
Trying to make her own fire!
A Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Oh my gosh! Eleanor looks so cute in the bonnet. I love those on kids, they are so adorable. There are really cute ones from the 50s and 60s except colorful. Does she like wearing them? Because she could pull of the look every day for sure in Chicago's winter.
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Happy Thanksgiving to all the Littles. Love all of these pics. Jason looks particularly cute with a feather. Wondering where the face paint is???
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Hug the girls, hug your mom!
What an amazing event--Eleanor looks like the perfect PA Amish child.
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