“Exciting” doesn’t even begin to describe the day the Tugboats have had!  Today was school picture day and, as expected, we saw a wide variety of everyone’s Fancy Pants (or skirts!)  We managed to gather all 13 of our wonders into the park for a group shot before taking individual photos.  I cannot adequately express how blown away I was by the amazing and talented Edson Dias!  Aviva’s dad took our photos and everything ran so smoothly, thanks to his wonderful way with children.  Aviva’s mom was a fantastic assistant as well and the two of them managed to get smiles out of almost all of our kiddos!  You can check out some of Edsons beautiful work here.  We all felt like such super models!  I highly recommend him!

In addition to our exciting photo shoot, the Tugboats welcomed Clara’s mom, Heather into the classroom as our parent teacher today.  Heather came ready to rock today with homemade play dough for free play in addition to a super sweet project time game!  Heather taught us a new trick about making play dough: if you use powdered drink mix instead of food coloring, you get a super fun color and the added perk of delicious-smelling play dough!

Heather’s project time activity was the piece de la resistance: pumpkin bowling!  She brought 6 empty plastic bottles and one small pumpkin, distributed numbers in which the kids took turns, and set up a bowling alley right in the classroom!  The kids had a fantastic time rolling the tiny pumpkin down the lane and knocking down pins.  A few kids even rolled Turkeys!  They all seemed most excited about being audience members, though.  The Tugboats were so supportive of one another, developing chants and cheers to encourage their friends!  They never cease to amaze me with their friendly spirits.  Check it out!