This week we had a fun filled weekend all around here at
WISE! On Saturday, October 27, St. Vincent celebrated its Independence
Day. For those of you asking who are
they independent from? They gained their independence for Great Britain 33 years
ago; however GB still produces all of SVG’s money so you still see the Queen
every day when you pull out your coins or dollar bills!
On Thursday we celebrated the holiday with the preschoolers
since school was closed on Friday for the holiday. The kids enjoyed eating
cupcakes and making decorations like flags and hats. We even did a little
parade around the preschool.
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| How most of the kids ate their cupcakes |
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| marching in the parade with their flags |
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| sporting their blue, yellow, and green hats |
Since we had Friday off EK and I enjoyed a 3 day weekend
which was nice, we were able to go to the beach for a couple hours on Friday afternoon
and we had beautiful weather.
Saturday we got up bright and early and headed downtown with
the Wurdeman family and the visiting adjunct teacher to check out the
Independence Day Military Parade. It was a different parade then we were used
to. It was in a large outdoor stadium, and the military stood out on the field
and marched around, along with a marching band. So there was no parade in the
streets. There were lots of snow cone
stands, popcorn stands and even cotton candy! We decided not to get anything
since it was 8 am but we enjoyed watching all of the kids get their goodies.
Later that day Amanda Wurdeman and I planned a Harvest
Festival for the students. Because there
is no fall season here there is no tradition like this so we thought the
students would enjoy it and we were right! They went bobbing for apples…which
by the way was the best entertainment of the night…had a 3 legged race, played
limbo, and pinned the nose on the pumpkin.
We made some rice crispy treats for snacks. I figured everyone has had at least 1 (or 100
like myself) rice crispy treat in their lifetime but many of the students had
never had one before—they ate them all up!
Below are some pictures of these fun events!
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| The military at the parade |
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| Someone selling flags, USA and SVG together! |
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The kids lining up for snow cones, oh and it wasn't raining, people are using umbrellas to
stay out of the sun |
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| Bobbing for apples |
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| EK getting ready for the 3 legged race...he lost |
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| Limbo time |
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| Limbo winner celebrating his victory, all the students were really happy for him :) |
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