Hello everyone!
I hope you've had a great summer! The weather was super, so hopefully you got outside a lot. Are you excited about heading into grade 3 or 4? I am usually nervous on the Labour Day weekend, wondering what my new class will be like and how we'll settle in. I bet you'll have amazing years with your new teachers.
Right now I am in New Jersey, USA. We came down on Monday, just a few days after Hurricane Irene swept through this area. When we took the train in to New York City (NYC) this week, we passed roads that were still flooded and saw railway tracks that were still underwater because of the hurricane. The place where I am staying (my brother-in-law's) has a "boil water order" because there is concern about the safety of the drinking water since the hurricane. Wow--hurricanes have a lot of power behind them!
We went into NYC twice this week. One day we saw an amazing musical called "Wicked." It is the story of the Wizard of Oz before Dorothy arrived. It was phenomenal! The Wicked Witch of the West, and the flying monkeys (played by actors) actually flew through the theatre. The singing was superb.
We also went to the American Museum of Natural History and saw an exhibit all about FROGS. Kate loved, loved, loved it! It was really well done. We saw lots of poison dart frogs--they are really tiny. There was one that looked like one I saw at Mrs. Stockton's pond, but since it was an African Bullfrog, it would have been a long way from home, so I'm guessing that I was mistaken. There were frogs that looked like leaves, giant bumpy frogs that if you walk too close will bite you and hold on!! (Don't worry, they only live in the rainforest--not North America).
We also saw a "Harry Potter" exhibit. There were artifacts from all 7 Harry Potter movies. There were wands, the philosophers stone, Hagrid's Hut, the Marauder's Map, Harry and Ron's beds, trunks. Fawkes was there too. It was really neat. Did any of you see this exhibit when it was at the Science Centre in Toronto?
I have some pictures that I hope to add tonight or tomorrow--so check back in!
Happy September,
Mrs. McMillan
Hi Mrs. McMillan,
ReplyDeleteI went to NYC too.. I really liked it. I also went to Washington this summer.. I liked the space museum the best. We walked alot.
We also went to Philly to see my grandpa and grandma.
I hope you have fun on your trip and cant wait to hear about it.
From Madelynne Lee
Hi Mrs. McMillan this is Melanie.
ReplyDeleteI had fun on my trip and I hope you have fun on your trip.
I went to Holland and Paris France.. I went to see the Effile tower in Paris France but didnt go in it.. we saw it at night and had a family reunion in Holland.
The tower has blue flashing lights on gold lights it was pretty. Have fun
Melanie