SKATING DAY

Oh boy! How lucky are we! We get to go skating in the middle of the day.
All the children in grade 2/3E had to remember to bring skates and a helmet to school. After first break at 11.30am Hayley held me on the bus to the Coliseum. When we arrived the children had to put on their skates and helmets. It was cold on the ice but my sweater kept me warm. Sheila taught me how to skate and looked after me when I fell.
Grade 2/3E and me got to skate for an hour. If you were a beginner you had a special place to skate and a beginner lesson.

VALENTINE'S DAY

Wow, they know how to celebrate Valentine's Day in Canada. The grade made little bags the day before and then this morning each child came in with little cards and gifts for each child and teachers and put them in the bags. I only received cards because I can't really eat chocolate or lollipops as they are not good for my teeth. The children then spent time looking through their bags and thanking everyone for their gifts and cards.

WIARTON WILLIE

I was so lucky last weekend because I got to spend the weekend at Mitchell's place. Saturday was Ground Hog Day! Wiarton Willie, a white groundhog, wakes up from his hibernation, crawls up the tunnel from his burrow and looks around. If he sees his own shadow, that means six more weeks of winter. If he does not see his shadow that means early spring is on its way. Willie did not see his shadow today. Hooray, that means an early spring.
We did not go to Wiarton to see Willie but Mitchell and I went “on line” this morning to watch the Wiarton Willie webcam. We did not see him. In the afternoon I went for a drive with Mitchell’s family to a toy store called The Rocking Horse and we bought a birthday present for Mitchell’s cousin.
We found out at school on Monday that Mrs. Wynde got to cuddle Wiarton Willie at the parade and her husband took a photo. So you can see what Willie looks like
( not the real Willie though!)