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on wednesday my little ones and i went to the firestation. it's just down the road, so we walked there, and it was the first snowy day of the season. it was ever the more fun. we learned all about firefighters and what they do and wear and all that firefighter stuff. three adult family members tagged along to keep the little ones in line, a mom, a dad, and an auntie. the auntie brought gum to bribe the kids into compiance with field trip rules, and i was glad she was at least concerned about the behavior and stuff.

so when we got back i uploaded my pictures on the class computer and we watched a slide show of the trip and discussed the various things we saw & learned. then "auntie" passed out gum and everyone started a-chewin.

to continue learning & discussing, we sat on the carpet and i wrote sentences about what we learned, and the kids impressed me with what they could remember and by telling me to put periods at the end of my sentences.

soon it was lunchtime, so we bundled up and went down to the lunchroom, where i realized that some of the kids had gum in their mouths still. there was no garbage can nearby, and i could not let them go into lunch with mouths full of gum, so my only course of action was to hold out my palm and collect the wads one by one. the last girl to put abc gum into the pile in my palm asked disappointedly, "can you save it?"



i laughed all the way to lunch, and almost forgot to wash my hands before eating. just kidding.