Week 9

happy 2 month anniversary to the afternoon program! my how the weeks have flown by...

in response to the constant question "can i turn on my cell phone to see what time it is?" we decided to start a life skills lesson on telling time, which we started on monday. we used our little cut-out clocks to practice showing time on a real, analog clock and practiced counting by fives so we could figure out the minutes. its a tricky lesson to learn and one we will definitely need to continue working on, but i was impressed at the progress everyone made.

we also had our weekly dance lesson and have discovered everyone's favorite type of dance- tap! not to mention plenty of freedance to the high school musical soundtrack and michael's new favorite (thanks neely), the sound of music.


on tuesday we took a field trip that i have been looking forward to for a long time... to the adventure science center! if you haven't been, i highly recommend it. kristy's favorite part was the intestinal slide which ended with great bodily function noises when you landed on the pad below the slide. see the above picture! everyone also loved the new space wing where you could shoot off rockets!

wednesday was exciting at feed the children for two different reasons- one, we were able to pack FOOD BOXES! and two, we had the privilege of working alongside some of the FTC staff who we had never met before. it made for a fun day of hard work- we packed 280 boxes in an hour and a half! i was especially proud of katie bell that day. after starting off in a cranky mood, she was able to turn her attitude around in a huge way and definitely earned "hardest worker" award!

since we will be away at camp starting this afternoon, we agreed to set up room in the inn for hillsboro on thursday instead of friday this week. this is our second week running and our first time doing it without the fabulous lisanne. this is a challenging endeavor, filled with tasks that require a lot of manual dexterity but everyone was great about being persistent in their efforts. we make 13 beds with fitted sheets, flat sheets, and pillow cases which is tricky in general, but these beds are simply mattresses laying on the floor which makes it more of a challenge. we also set up 3 tables with place settings for 12. jon was in charge of spoons, s'latina was our expert table decorator as always, michael did pillow cases, and natalie did a great job with putting the fitted sheets on all the beds. she was frustrated at first, but kept at it and improved so much in just one day.


now we are all off to fall weekend camp in georgia, see you next week!

meaghan