Month: March 2011

spring has sprung, and the crocuses with it!

just another day at the office

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BONUS PICTURE:
somehow the sight of the llama in the backroom just struck us all as hysterical. I took great pleasure in telling coworkers to just go look–just go open  the door, and then watching their faces as they opened the door to this:

The East Asian educators at work have put out this three dimensional tree puzzle for visitors to hang wishes and thoughts on, just outside the Japanese House. Not surprisingly, it’s seeing a lot of activity.

Happy  St Patrick’s Day! As usually happens, we had a performance by some Irish Step Dancers today. If your only experience with this is from Riverdance, check out this video to see how impressive even beginner dancers can be, and  you’ll get a feel for what we had today.

who will reign supreme??!

I’ve been making homemade peanut butter for a few years now. It’s very tasty and doesn’t have any scary chemicals in it. And it takes all of 10 minutes. Less, if you like it very crunchy.

Currently reading Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier, who also wrote Girl with a Pearl Earring. I’ve read a number of her books, and while I only enjoyed one as much as I enjoyed Pearl Earring, they’ve all been quite good.

The last time the Turtle Lane Playhouse did “The Full Monty” they really did it–the 6 leads took it all off with no special lighting, fog machine or anything. Just–BOOM. Today, they had the backlighting technique. Which makes me wonder if it malfunctioned last time, or if they decided it might have been a little too much. At any rate, it was a great show.

Today we looked at and tasted different fruits in their fresh forms and dried forms. Many children learned the truth about raisins and grapes, and at least one kid discovered that dried apples are really yummy!

Pi Day is this Monday. Since pi as a concept is a bit advanced for most of our visitors, we’ll be celebrating circles instead. I spent part of my morning cutting out these arrows, which will be randomly hung around the building.