International Night at School

Today was International Night at L's Montessori! And we have been bustling and busy to get ready for it. I made empanadas de pollo (yum!). I also helped out at the school in decorating the room. I worked mostly on the rainforest that you can see. L enjoyed the musical instruments, listening to lots of different kinds of music, running in any open space, and of course, saying hi to all the animals in each classroom. He also very much enjoyed his bowl of black bean soup with sour cream and chips. And we all pretty much had a great time eating all different kinds of food we don't usually get to taste here in MI - by the time we got to the cafeteria, all the empanadas were gone, so it was lucky that we tucked in during the day when I made them!

Here's a picture of us in "Australia" - L was coloring in a boomerang.















Here's L as a one of the Yeomen Warders of Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress the Tower of London, popularly known as the Beefeaters, are ceremonial guardians of the Tower of London.
















Here's L walking across the Andes in South America!
















Here's L the panda in Asia.

















Here's a good picture of the rainforest that I helped work on.
















One of L's favorite play stations...bugs in a gooey mixture of cornstarch and water -- what isn't fun about that?




















One of the things that L enjoyed most was seeing all of the different animals in all the rooms. In the toddler's South American room, the teachers had gotten a parent to bring in their beautiful bird, Romeo, who was 14 years old.
















The other favorite part of visiting each room was investigating all the different kinds of musical instruments and dancing - here he is jamming with some maracas.















Here is L and J saying hi to the BIG monkey in South America...