100th day field trip

Friday was the 100th day of school! All the 1st graders dressed up as a 100 year old. Matthew got to make a necklace out of 100 fruit loops, and do some other fun 100th day activities. Matthew and I also got to share with his class a little bit about his real life 100 year old Great Great Grandma Watkins! We shared with his class how when she was born there was no electricity or water in her house. We told how she drove her horse and wagon to the stream when she was 8 to fill the 50 gallon water bucket with water, how the car they had when she was a teenager wasn't strong enough to make it up the hills to Snowflake, so they all had to get out and push it up, how she felt when she felt the first electric fan, (she grew up in Arizona) and some other fun facts about living for 100 years! If you would like to read all of Grandma Watkins book about her life, there is a free download of it available here.

Here is Matthew as a 100 year old!

Here is Grandma Watkins on her 100th birthday!

Also, the very same day was Kaycee's 3rd grade field trip to the Santa Rosa Plateau. We got to take a guided hike around the area, and learn about the trees, the rocks, the plateau and the wildlife.

This was the end of the path for us, the bridge had been completely washed out with the recent rain. In fact, Kaycee would have been underwater if she was there a month ago!

Speaking of wildlife, as we went through a path that had recently been burned, one of the boys in our group said, "Look, a snake!" Our guide said, "Oh yes, it's a rattlesnake! You guys stay behind me and if we're very quiet and still we can watch it for a moment." He was very good at keeping the kids calm, so the snake never felt threatened. I think it was us parents who were more freaked out!

All in all it was a very busy, but very fun day!