Baker’s Dozen Plus 3

By now I am sure everyone has had an opportunity to sell a few apples.  Tomorrrow, in school, we will be figuring out how many 1/2 pecks are in a bushel and thus how many bushels we will need to purchase to fulfill our obligations of sales.  We will also calculate how much profit will be realized by this fundraiser. 

Our schedule for the day is as follows:

• leave school at 9:30 a.m.
• arrive at Thatcher Brook Primary School around 9:50 a.m. to investigate their new playground
• leave Thatcher Brook Primary School around 10:20 a.m. heading to Adam’s Apple
• Stop enroute at the Williston rest area for a bathroom break
• arrive Adam’s Apple by 11:00 a.m. 
• lunch when we get there
• tour and picking apples beginning at 11:30 a.m.
• leave the orchard no later than 1:30 p.m. to get back to school by bus time

Parents who have contacted me about volunteering are:  Suzie Lowe, Elizabeth Cadwell, Heather Bombard, Melinda (Mallie’s grandy), Amy Rochford, and Beth Libby.  Heather has offered to drive her truck for transporting the apples.  She also has room for another couple of parents to drive with her.  I will leave it up to all of you to connect with one another.  As you can see by the above schedule, parents do not have to leave with the bus, but meet us at the orchard by 11:00. 

Thanks to the sellers of apples and the volunteer pickers and sorters.  The children are really excited! 

Hope all of you had a great weekend.  My family and I did, complete with a 13th birthday sleepover party for my daughter on Camel’s Hump last night.  Today was suppose to be about my garden.  Now that I know townspeople are watching I need to have my garden up and running the minute the last snow melts.  I have hundreds of bulbs to plant, but today was just too cold, that means two hours everyday after school this week.

This Friday is assembly morning.  I don’t think if will be as long as the first one.  I would like to have a harvest celebration following the assembly.  I made a cornhusk doll today.  So cute, but I forgot how challenging it is for me let alone my little ones at school.  So we are going to need lots of help.  I was thinking this Friday could work for us and hoped it would for some volunteers as well.  I am proposing that we do the following:

• cornhusk dolls – Georgeanne and one other if possible
• cider pressing (this will be used at open house) – Bear and one other if possible
• sukkah construction – Elizabeth and one other if possible
• language arts table work – Mrs. Haynes, Mrs. McGeorge, and Mrs. Wilcox

All of the above assignments have been made here on my couch Sunday night without consultation with the individuals involved.  I will be talking with each person Monday.  If everything falls in place, it should be a great Friday morning.