Fall is here!!

We are loving this fall weather! Now, I've just got to take care of the weeds that grew right through the 12 inches of mulch with all of the rain. Between that and the mushrooms, it's crazy out there! We are finishing up our unit on apples with some apple games and Johnny Appleseed stories. Yesterday, however, you probably heard about our "science lesson." We have a spider that lives outside the 2 year old classroom. Well, I don't know exactly how a small worm got into its web. (Okay, I'm pretty sure Casey put the worm there, but ANYWAY . . . ) So, the spider immediately began to EAT the worm. Casey called us all out to see it. It was amazing. Then, Casey got another little worm (I know, this is pretty cruel, but it was FASCINATING!) and puts it on the web. The spider dropped what it was doing, ran over to the worm and immediately spun it into a little "cocoon" to save for later. It was an amazing thing to see!!

It's neat what we can see when we just look around a little bit! Thursday, Mr. Ricky Smith came to trim our pecan tree and to chip up the limb that had fallen. We LOVED watching that! If he had come at 9 rather than 12, I wouldn't have had to do anything all morning!

I am working on details for Railroad Days, so I will have sign up sheets for the various shifts we'll need help. Please plan to help with this. Besides being there, we will need help getting donations - hot dogs, chips, buns, plates, napkins, condiments, etc. If you can not be there, please help us with getting some donations. We also need a couple of big coffee pots. Please let me know if you have one of these we could borrow. Finally, we will need some sweets, as well as some chili for the day. Let me know how you can help.

Thanks!